Text and transactions in Commonwealth IcelandFootnote*

I thank Gísli Pálsson for his comments on an earlier draft of this paper. I thank Hjörleifur Jönsson for his help in counting, checking, and double‐checking the numbers, and preparing the tables. All translations are mine.

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