AGEROLA DURING THE REPUBLIC AMALFI DUFFLE-COAT

Amalfi, caught up the complete autonomy, the first December of year 839 was delivered up in republic. To govern they supplied it the Comites more, chosen between the families in sight of the city.

The Agerolesi of that time, also constituting a population in continuous development, did not take part to the election of the Comiti. The first amalfitano Comite was such Petrus, to which they succeeded other comiti and prefecturi. These personages did not govern the State of Amalfi with rettitudine; one of they captured from the earth of Agerola and other near lands, every vettovaglie and very of God. In the fight for the power in the Republic the most illustrious families faced themselves amalfita some. The fights register some favored the participation from part of the Ducato of Naples, the Ducato Longobardo of Benevento and the Ducato di Sorrento. In the course of the naval battle between Amalfitani and Sorrentini it was made the prefecturio of Amalfi, Marine captive.

In year 949 patricius amalfitano Mastalo I, in order protect i land borders of the Republic and to equip them to the defense, made to construct in the near locality Pine, those fortilizio of which little rests are conserved today only ('). To those times it existed to the feet of alpine and elevated the monteCervigliano one the Monastero Benedettino and Abbaziale under the tifo of the SS. Giuliano and Marciano of which today some trace does not appear To the dead women of Mastalo the happened ones in the government of Amalfi Mastal II, to which it of gloriosus was given to the title dux (to 957). The Ducato di Amalfi has beginning therefore that will conserve the title it end to 1500 and under duca Mansone III Pope Giovanni XV, elevates l Diocese of Amalfi to Archidiocesi (February 987).

An activity that pian slowly divenne art in the Ducato and that for prio then movements the first steps, were that one of the silk. It, to Agerola gave job to numerous families and made to enrich the merchants that h they will sell on the Neapolitan markets.

Since the art of the silk constituted the first source of wealth to Agerola and in the rest of the Ducato, the first amalfitani archbishops, in order to achieve of the entrances in favor of the curia imposed tenth on the produced goods, the tintorie and the pannerie of wool and still on the damascherie and the villuterie.
The noble art of the silk to Agerola

(photo: Musical band of the Italian Navy to the regatta of Amalfi)