Hello and welcome to the history of the Germans.

Episode 116, The War with Denmark, Part 2.

The Hanseatic League is first and foremost an organization driven by commerce,

and commerce rarely sees the necessity of war. But in 1360 the organization that had

only just transitioned from a community of merchants to an alliance of cities found itself

in gridlock with Waldemar Atterdak, Waldemar Dawn, the king of Denmark.

Waldemar's objective throughout his 35-year reign was to rebuild the kingdom of Denmark

that had virtually disintegrated under his predecessors. And for that he needed money. And the money

he got from the two sources of wealth of the state of Denmark, taxing the trade in Herring and

the tolls for passing through the

Eurassund. The Hansards who dominated the Herring trade and the traffic through the

Euracent were the ones who were supposed to pay for that. Now, if that had not breached the tolerance

levels of even the most sober of Hanseatic merchants, the attack on Gotland and the

occupation of the great Hanseatic city of Visby did. A fleet leaves Lübe in 1362 to put this

Danish tyrant back into his box. Now, before we get into this, I want to thank my patrons

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