Simon of Utrecht was a warship captain of the Hanseatic League which was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in northwestern and central Europe and the league came to dominate Baltic maritime trade for three centuries along the coasts of Northern Europe.
Simon of Utrecht was a warship captain of the Hanseatic League which was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in northwestern and central Europe and the league came to dominate Baltic maritime trade for three centuries along the coasts of Northern Europe.