Byzantine Iconoclasm

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historical period political conflict religious controversy theological conflict

Byzantine Iconoclasm was a turbulent period in the Byzantine Empire marked by intense theological and political conflict over the veneration of religious images, leading to waves of icon destruction and restoration.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
First Iconoclasm 2
Byzantine Iconoclastic Controversy 1
Byzantine Iconodule movement 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
political conflict ⓘ
religious controversy ⓘ
theological conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine Iconoclastic Controversy
cause imperial desire to control the church ⓘ
military and political crises of the 7th and 8th centuries ⓘ
theological objections to image veneration ⓘ
commemoratedBy Feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
endCause Synod of Constantinople in 843 ⓘ
policies of Empress Theodora ⓘ
restoration of icon veneration ⓘ
endTime 843 ⓘ
fieldOfWork Byzantine art history ⓘ
Byzantine theology ⓘ
hasEffect changes in church decoration ⓘ
confiscation of monastic property ⓘ
destruction of icons ⓘ
development of Orthodox theology of images ⓘ
persecution of monks ⓘ
tension between church and state ⓘ
hasPart Byzantine Iconoclasm self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Iconoclasm

Byzantine Iconoclasm self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Second Iconoclasm
influenced later Orthodox attitudes toward icons ⓘ
medieval debates on images in Western Europe ⓘ
influencedBy Islamic aniconism ⓘ
Jewish aniconic traditions ⓘ
location Aegean islands ⓘ
surface form: Aegean Islands

Asia Minor ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ
Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
mainTopic veneration of religious images ⓘ
opposedBy iconodules ⓘ
partOf history of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
significantEvent Council of Hieria ⓘ
Second Council of Nicaea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Triumph of Orthodoxy ⓘ
destruction of the Chalke Gate icon ⓘ
significantPerson Constantine V ⓘ
Empress Irene of Athens ⓘ
Empress Theodora ⓘ
John of Damascus ⓘ
Leo III the Isaurian ⓘ
Leo V the Armenian ⓘ
Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople ⓘ
Theodore Studites ⓘ
surface form: Theodore the Studite
startTime 726 ⓘ
supportedBy iconoclasts ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Byzantine Iconoclasm → alsoKnownAs → Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine Iconoclastic Controversy
Council of Hieria → associatedWith → Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
Empress Irene of Athens → associatedWith → Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
Tarasios of Constantinople → associatedWith → Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine Iconodule movement
Tarasios of Constantinople → chronology → Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
Byzantine Iconoclasm → hasPart → Byzantine Iconoclasm self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Iconoclasm
Byzantine Iconoclasm → hasPart → Byzantine Iconoclasm self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Iconoclasm
Iconoclasm → hasPart → Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
subject surface form: Byzantine Iconoclasm
this entity surface form: First Iconoclast Period
Iconoclasm → hasPart → Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
subject surface form: Byzantine Iconoclasm
this entity surface form: Second Iconoclast Period
Council of Hieria → historicalPeriod → Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Iconoclasm
Iconoclasm → mainTopicOf → Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
Second Council of Nicaea → partOf → Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
Council of Hieria → recognizedBy → Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine iconoclast emperors