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Half Title 1 Series Information 2 Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 Contents 5 Preface 7 Illustrations 9 Abbreviations 14 Notes on Contributors 15 Introduction: Contexts, Controversies, and Developing Perspectives 19 1 Byzantine Iconoclasm: Controversies Medieval and Modern 19 2 The Context: Byzantium before and during Iconoclasm 33 2.1 The Christian Roman Empire from Constantine i to Justinian i 33 2.2 The Empire That Almost Died 41 2.3 The Isaurian Recovery 49 2.4 The Return of Instability 55 3 Byzantine Iconoclasm 60 3.1 Images, Idols, and Iconoclasm before Byzantine Iconoclasm 60 3.1.1 The Biblical Legacy 61 3.1.2 The Classical World 65 3.1.3 The Emergence of Christian Art 67 3.1.4 The Rise of the Icon? 72 3.2 The Sources for Byzantine Iconoclasm 77 3.2.1 Histories, Chronicles, and Letters 78 3.2.2 Church Acta, Treatises, and Hagiography 81 3.2.3 The Material Evidence 85 3.3 Byzantine Iconoclasm in Action 88 3.3.1 First Iconoclasm 88 3.3.2 The Iconophile Intermission and Second Iconoclasm 93 3.4 The Theology of Iconoclasm 98 3.4.1 The Theological Debate in the Eighth Century 101 3.4.2 The Theological Debate in the Ninth Century 105 3.4.3 The Problem of the Holy: Saints, Relics,
- Author
- Humphreys, Mike;
- Language
- EN