Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era, C. 680-850: A History

ISBN-13: 9780521430937 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 944 str.

John Haldon

Opis

Major new revisionist survey of this most elusive and fascinating period in medieval history.

Recenzje

'… scholars and students interested in iconoclasm and Byzantine history cannot afford to ignore this volume.' Arctos

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Belief, ideology and practice in a changing world; 2. Leo III: iconoclast or opportunist?; 3. Constantine V and the institutionalisation of iconoclasm; 4. The triumph of tradition? The iconophile intermission, 775–813; 5. The second iconoclasm; 6. Economy, society and state; 7. Patterns of settlement: urban and rural life; 8. Social elites and the court; 9. Society, politics and power; 10. Fiscal management and administration; 11. Strategic administration and the origins of the themata; 12. Iconoclasm, representation, and rewriting the past.