Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era, C. 680-850

Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era, C. 680-850
Author: Leslie Brubaker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 943
Release: 2011-01-06
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0521430933

A major revisionist survey of this most elusive and fascinating period in medieval history.

Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era (ca 680–850): The Sources

Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era (ca 680–850): The Sources
Author: Leslie Brubaker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2017-03-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351953656

Iconoclasm, the debate about the legitimacy of religious art that began in Byzantium around 730 and continued for nearly 120 years, has long held a firm grip on the historical imagination. Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era is the first book in English to survey the original sources crucial for a modern understanding of this most elusive and fascinating period in medieval history. It is also the first book in any language to cover both the written and the visual evidence from this period, a combination of particular importance to the iconoclasm debate. The authors, an art historian and a historian who both specialise in the period, have worked together to provide a comprehensive overview of the visual and the written materials that together help clarify the complex issues of iconoclasm in Byzantium.

Law, Power, and Imperial Ideology in the Iconoclast Era, C.680-850

Law, Power, and Imperial Ideology in the Iconoclast Era, C.680-850
Author: M. T. G. Humphreys
Publisher: Oxford Studies in Byzantium
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 0198701578

Law was central to the ancient Roman conception of themselves and their empire. Yet what happened to Roman law and the position it occupied ideologically during the turbulent years of the Iconoclast era, c.680-850, is seldom explored and little understood. This volume uses Roman law and canon law to chart the various responses to these changing times - especially the rise of Islam, from Justinian II's Christocentric monarchy to the Old Testament-inspired Isauriandynasty - and the transformation from the late antique Roman Empire to medieval Byzantium.

Inventing Byzantine Iconoclasm

Inventing Byzantine Iconoclasm
Author: Leslie Brubaker
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-05-10
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781853997501

Byzantine ‘iconoclasm' is famous and has influenced iconoclast movements from the English Reformation and French Revolution to Taliban, but it has also been woefully misunderstood: this book shows how and why the debate about images was more complicated, and more interesting, than it has been presented in the past. It explores how icons came to be so important, who opposed them, and how the debate about images played itself out over the years between c. 680 and 850. Many widely accepted assumptions about ‘iconoclasm' – that it was an imperial initiative that resulted in widespread destruction of images, that the major promoters of icon veneration were monks, and that the era was one of cultural stagnation – are shown to be incorrect. Instead, the years of the image debates saw technological advances and intellectual shifts that, coupled with a growing economy, concluded with the emergence of medieval Byzantium as a strong and stable empire.

A Companion to Byzantine Iconoclasm

A Companion to Byzantine Iconoclasm
Author: Mike Humphreys
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 648
Release: 2021-09-27
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9004462007

Twelve scholars contextualize and critically examine the key debates about the controversy over icons and their veneration that would fundamentally shape Byzantium and Orthodox Christianity.

The Cambridge Intellectual History of Byzantium

The Cambridge Intellectual History of Byzantium
Author: Anthony Kaldellis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1438
Release: 2017-11-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 110821021X

This volume brings into being the field of Byzantine intellectual history. Shifting focus from the cultural, social, and economic study of Byzantium to the life and evolution of ideas in their context, it provides an authoritative history of intellectual endeavors from Late Antiquity to the fifteenth century. At its heart lie the transmission, transformation, and shifts of Hellenic, Christian, and Byzantine ideas and concepts as exemplified in diverse aspects of intellectual life, from philosophy, theology, and rhetoric to astrology, astronomy, and politics. Case studies introduce the major players in Byzantine intellectual life, and particular emphasis is placed on the reception of ancient thought and its significance for secular as well as religious modes of thinking and acting. New insights are offered regarding controversial, understudied, or promising topics of research, such as philosophy and medical thought in Byzantium, and intellectual exchanges with the Arab world.

Fountains and Water Culture in Byzantium

Fountains and Water Culture in Byzantium
Author: Brooke Shilling
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2016-10-13
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1107105994

This collection explores the ancient fountains of Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul, reviving the senses of past water cultures.

Literary Circles in Byzantine Iconoclasm

Literary Circles in Byzantine Iconoclasm
Author: Óscar Prieto Domínguez
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 557
Release: 2021-02-04
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1108491308

Explores the literary texts produced during Byzantine Iconoclasm and their use as ideological tools by the main political circles.

Theodosius II

Theodosius II
Author: Christopher Kelly
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2013-08-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 110727690X

Theodosius II (AD 408–450) was the longest reigning Roman emperor. Ever since Edward Gibbon, he has been dismissed as mediocre and ineffectual. Yet Theodosius ruled an empire which retained its integrity while the West was broken up by barbarian invasions. This book explores Theodosius' challenges and successes. Ten essays by leading scholars of late antiquity provide important new insights into the court at Constantinople, the literary and cultural vitality of the reign, and the presentation of imperial piety and power. Much attention has been directed towards the changes promoted by Constantine at the beginning of the fourth century; much less to their crystallisation under Theodosius II. This volume explores the working out of new conceptions of the Roman Empire - its history, its rulers and its God. A substantial introduction offers a new framework for thinking afresh about the long transition from the classical world to Byzantium.

Byzantium, Venice and the Medieval Adriatic

Byzantium, Venice and the Medieval Adriatic
Author: Magdalena Skoblar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2021-04-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108840701

Innovative study re-positioning the Adriatic as a liminal region between different cultures and faiths before the heyday of Venice.