Machine generated contents note: pt. I AMALFI -- 1.The Problem of Information -- 2.Setting the Scene: Landscape and Urban Settlements -- 3.Inhabiting Amalfi: The Structures of Society -- 4.Exploiting Amalfi: Land, Production, and Enterprise -- 5.Religious Life: Church and Community -- 6.Ruling Amalfi: The Components of Power -- pt. II AMALFITANS -- 7.Families and the Ties of Kinship -- 8.Leaving the City: The Amalfitan Diaspora in Italy -- 9.Leaving Italy: Amalfitans in the Eastern Mediterranean -- 10.Expanding Horizons: Amalfitans in the Western Mediterranean.