Inventing Byzantine iconoclasm
By: Leslie Brubaker
Series: Studies in early medieval history; Studies in early medieval history
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9781853997501
Subjects: Politics and government; Art and state; Byzantine Art; Iconoclasm; Bysantinska bildstriden; Byzantine Icons; Church history; History
Description: This title presents an important re-examination of the Byzantine iconoclasm - the widespread phenomenon of destruction of images that took place in the 7th to 9th centuries AD - by the leading scholar in the field.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1; title: Introduction: what is Byzantine iconoclasm? -- 1; title: Who were the Byzantines? -- 1; title: Terminology: icons, iconoclast, iconoclasm, iconomachy -- 3; title: Chronology: a brief sketch -- 4; title: The sources -- 5; title: Approach -- 6 -- 2; title: The background -- 9; title: Belief and practice -- 9; title: The Orthodox hierarchy -- 9; title: Intercession -- 10; title: The cult of saints and the cult of relics -- 10; title: Relics, images and icons -- 11; title: Images not-made-by-human-hands -- 11; title: Images made by human hands -- 13; title: The changing role of icons -- 13; title: The Persian war and the Islamic conquests -- 15; title: Why did the role of icons shift around the year 680? -- 16; title: Conclusions -- 18 -- 3; title: The beginnings of the image struggle -- 22; title: Constantine of Nakoleia, Thomas of Klaudioupoiis and local reactions against religious images -- 22; title: The political backdrop: Leo Ill's rise and achievements -- 24; title: Leo's rise to power -- 25; title: Leo and the Arabs -- 25; title: Leo's reforms -- 25; title: Was Leo III an iconoclast? -- 27 -- 4; title: Constantine V, the 754 synod, and the imposition of an official anti-image policy -- 32; title: The iconoclast synod of 754 -- 33; title: The destruction -- and construction -- of images -- 35; title: Artisanal production under Constantine V -- 39; title: Byzantium and its neighbours -- 45; title: The stabilisation of Byzantine frontiers -- 45; title: Byzantium and the west -- 46; title: The western response to the Council of 754 -- 46; title: Constantine V and the monasteries: persecution or a response to treason? -- 47; title: Conclusions -- 49 -- 5; title: The iconophile intermission -- 56; title: Leo IV (775-780) -- 57; title: Rome and the Bulgars -- 58; title: Eirene and Constantine VI (780-797), Nikaia II and the restoration of image veneration -- 59; title: Papal and Frankish responses to the 787 Council -- 62; title: The political background -- 62; title: The response to Nikaia II -- 62; title: Byzantine responses to the 787 Council -- 64; title: Hagia Sophia in Thessaloniki -- 64; title: Other imperial commissions -- 65; title: Non-imperial commissions: the cross-in-square church plan -- 66; title: Monastic reform and new technologies of writing -- 68; title: The introduction of minuscule -- 69; title: Cross-cultural exchange -- 70; title: Icons and pilgrimage to Mount Sinai -- 70; title: Silks and cross-cultural exchange -- 72; title: Constantine VI and Eirene -- 77; title: The 'moichian controversy' and the deposition of Constantine VI -- 78; title: The empress Eirene (797-802) -- 79; title: Nikephoros I (802-811) and Michael I Rangabe (811-813) -- 81 -- 6; title: The iconoclasts return -- 90; title: Why was 'iconoclasm' revived? -- 90; title: Theophilos and the Arabs -- 93; title: Theophilos (829-842) as emperor -- 94; title: Hagia Sophia and the new balance of power between church and state -- 95; title: Theophilos as builder -- the Great Palace -- 98; title: Technology and diplomacy -- 100; title: Monks, nuns and monasteries -- 100 -- 7; title: The 'triumph of orthodoxy' and the impact of the image crisis -- 107; title: Theodora, Michael III, Methodios and the synod of 843 -- 107; title: Representation and register: theology and practice -- 109; title: Icons in theory: the theology of icons -- 109; title: Icons in practice -- 111 -- 8; title: Conclusions: the impact of iconomachy and the invention of 'iconoclasm' -- 115; title: The impact of the image struggle on Orthodox liturgy and artisanal production -- 116; title: Women and icons -- 117; title: The invention of' iconoclasm' -- 120; title: Lazaros the painter -- 121; title: Other iconoclasms -- 124; title: Was 'iconoclasm' about icons?-- 125.