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Anglo-Hanseatic War | |||||||
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Kingdom of England | Hanseatic League | ||||||
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Edward IV of England | Paul Beneke |
The Anglo-Hanseatic War was a conflict fought between England and the Hanseatic League, led by the cities of Danzig and Lübeck, that lasted from 1469 to 1474. Causes of the war include increasing English pressure against the trade of the Hanseatic cities on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea.