• Gone to smelt iron in Courland: technology transfer in the development of an early modern industry 

      Jakovleva, Marite; Auzina, Dita; Bruzis, Rudolfs; Gundersen, Ingar Mørkestøl; Rundberget, Bernt; Bebre, Viktorija; Donina, Inga; Klava, Valda; Straube, Gvido; Berzins, Valdis; Viksna, Arturs; Actins, Andris; Meija, Raimonds; Popovs, Konrads; Upmalis, Raitis; Parfentev, Anton (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      SUMMARY: In the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, corresponding to the southern and western parts of present-day Latvia, an iron industry based on blast-furnace technology, mainly using local bog iron ore, existed in the ...