TY - BOOK ID - 32551883 TI - Byzantium in the iconoclast era, c. 680-850 : a history AU - Brubaker, Leslie AU - Haldon, John F. PY - 2011 SN - 9780521430937 0521430933 PB - Cambridge: Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - Iconoclasm KW - Icons, Byzantine. KW - Art, Byzantine KW - Byzantine antiquities. KW - Church and state KW - Art and state KW - Iconoclasme KW - Icônes byzantines KW - Art byzantin KW - Antiquités byzantines KW - Eglise et Etat KW - Art KW - Sources KW - Politique gouvernementale KW - Byzantine Empire KW - Empire byzantin KW - Church history. KW - Church history KW - Politics and government. KW - Histoire religieuse KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - History of Greece KW - History of Southern Europe KW - anno 700-799 KW - anno 600-699 KW - Icons, Byzantine KW - Byzantine antiquities KW - History. KW - History KW - Idols and images KW - Byzantine icons KW - Christian art and symbolism KW - Christianity and state KW - Separation of church and state KW - State and church KW - State, The KW - Antiquities, Byzantine KW - Antiquities KW - Christian antiquities KW - Byzantine art KW - Art, Medieval KW - Arts KW - Politics and art KW - State and art KW - Art and society KW - Cultural policy KW - Education and state KW - Worship KW - Government policy KW - Byzantium (Empire) KW - Vizantii︠a︡ KW - Bajo Imperio KW - Bizancjum KW - Byzantinē Autokratoria KW - Vyzantinon Kratos KW - Vyzantinē Autokratoria KW - Impero bizantino KW - Bizantia KW - anno 800-899 KW - Politics and government KW - 527-1081 KW - Sources. KW - Iconoclasm - Byzantine Empire - History KW - Iconoclasm - Byzantine Empire - History - Sources KW - Art, Byzantine - History KW - Church and state - Byzantine Empire - History KW - Art and state - Byzantine Empire - History KW - Byzance KW - Byzantine Empire - Church history KW - Byzantine Empire - Church history - Sources KW - Byzantine Empire - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32551883 AB - Iconoclasm, the debate about the legitimacy of religious art that began in Byzantium around 720 and continued for nearly 120 years, has long held a firm grip on the historical imagination. This is the first book in English for over fifty years to survey this most elusive and fascinating period in medieval history. It is also the first book in any language to combine the expertise of two authors who are specialists in the written, archaeological, and visual evidence from this period, a combination of particular importance to the iconoclasm debate. The authors have worked together to provide a comprehensive overview of the visual, written, and other materials that together help clarify the complex issues of iconoclasm in Byzantium. In doing so, they challenge many traditional assumptions about iconoclasm and set the period firmly in its broader political, cultural, and social-economic context ER -