The Age of Second Iconoclasm

The heated debates over images that attracted so much energy and intelligence in the eighth century cooled noticeably in the years after II Nicaea and Frankfurt. In the West popes and Franks continued to work together productively and amicably despite their disagreements over images and the filioque...

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Published inImages, Iconoclasm, and the Carolingians pp. 244 - 286
Main Author Noble, Thomas F. X
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc 01.01.2011
University of Pennsylvania Press
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Anthropology
Applied anthropology
Applied philosophy
Applied sociology
Behavioral sciences
Bishops
Ceremonial objects
Ceremonies
Christianity
Church fathers
Churches
Clergy
Communications
Communications media
Crosses
Cultural anthropology
Cultural customs
Devotional objects
Emperors
Government
Government officials
Heads of state
Iconoclasm
Idolatry
Monarchs
Philosophy
Philosophy of religion
Political science
Popes
Practical theology
Religion
Rituals
Social sciences
Sociology
Sociology of religion
Spiritual belief systems
Spiritual leaders
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Summary:The heated debates over images that attracted so much energy and intelligence in the eighth century cooled noticeably in the years after II Nicaea and Frankfurt. In the West popes and Franks continued to work together productively and amicably despite their disagreements over images and the filioque. In the East, conditions were less serene. In 797 Irene decided to have her frivolous son Constantine VI blinded—he died from his wounds—and to assume rule herself. Irene did rule for five years as Basilissa, but she lacked the confidence of many key constituents in the Byzantine state. Accordingly she was
ISBN:0812222563
9780812222562
081224141X
9780812241419
DOI:10.9783/9780812202960.244