Treaty of Utrecht (1474)
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The Treaty of Utrecht (1474) ended the Anglo-Hanseatic War between England and the Hanseatic League.
This naval war had begun in 1470 using the naval strategy of commerce raiding in the North sea and the Channel. One of the most successful Man of war was the Peter von Danzig. The war, mainly driven by the cities Danzig and Lübeck, was a war against increasing English pressure against the trade of the hanseatic cities of the southern coast of the Baltic sea, while Cologne had opposed and was therefore temporarily excluded[1] from the Hansa. The Treaty negotiated by Lübeck's mayor Hinrich Castorp granted the threatend privileges and the Hanseatic League gained ownership of the London Steelyard premises, which were secured this way until the midth of 19th century as hanseatic property in London.[2]
The Hanseatic Warehouse in King's Lynn was constructed in 1475 as part of the Treaty of Utrecht allowing Hansa to establish a trading depot in Lynn for the first time. It was used as such until 1751 and is the only remaining building of the Haneatic League in England.
[edit] References
- Dollinger, Philippe (1999). The German Hansa. Routledge. ISBN 041519072X.
