Second Danish-Hanseatic War

Conquest of Copenhagen by the Hanseatic League in 1368

Second Danish-Hanseatic War was a war between Denmark and Hanseatic League from August 1361 to May 1370. The Hanseatic League, supported by Sweden, Mecklenburg, Holstein and some Danish nobles, attacked Valdemar IV. In 1368, Hanseatic League invaded Copenhagen and finally forced Denmark to sign Treaty of Stralsund[1].

Reference

  1. ↑ Kohn, George Childs (1999). Dictionary of Wars. Routledge. p. 145. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  • Nils Jörn u. a. (Hrsg.): Der Stralsunder Frieden von 1370. Prosopographische Studien. (= Quellen und Darstellungen zur hansischen Geschichte, N.F. 46), Köln/Weimar/Wien 1998, ISBN 3-412-07798-4.
  • Karl Pagel: Die Hanse. Gerhard Stalling Verlag, Oldenburg 1942; 3. Aufl. Braunschweig 1963.
  • Philippe Dollinger: Die Hanse. Kröner, Stuttgart 1989, S. 96–102, ISBN 3520371049.
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