by how the market in question, at a given time, appreciated and valued land; that it was therefore economic factors which influenced the price and not only custom and personal ties. However, it is difficult for us to, in the remaining written material, find criteria for the pricing of the land. Here, I think about the significance that the medieval person attached to the soil or the standard of the houses on the estate, which in fact affected the valuation of the holding although one did not give account of these circumstances in writing.What we have found is that holdings or land of the same size could receive different values due to the soil or its positioning on the terrain.That which can be read in the written material is limited, and the most common factor mentioned is the location of the holding, although we don’t know how much this influenced the price. In the first chapter, I have touched upon a number of Swedish researchers who have dealt with the monetisation of Sweden (Britta Malmer, Henrik Klackenberg and, most recently, Bo Franzèn). They meant that it occurred from south to north, and from this observation I have analysed when it was that money as a means of payment became generally accepted in my regions. I have also examined which coins (domestic or foreign) were used during both centuries. In Finnveden from1440 onwards, coins were used as a method of payment in 70 per cent of the sales transactions. In the middle of the century one paid as often with Swedish coins as with foreign money. During the 14th Century, on the other hand, one only paid with coins in 50 per cent of the purchases, and at that time, no foreign coins were used. In Jämtland, coins were hardly used at all for payment; there, one paid with commodities.The “Jämtska mark” functioned as a unit of value during both centuries, and when coins were used at all, it was Swedish money that applied.The monetisation was not far advanced in Jämtland. Payment with coins first took off in 1470. p a r t v i 1 291
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