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001 2010029491
003 DLC
005 20110713082546.0
008 100712s2011 enkab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010029491
020 $a9780521430937 (Hardback)
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050 00 $aBR238$b.B78 2011
082 00 $a949.5/02$222
100 1 $aBrubaker, Leslie.
245 10 $aByzantium in the iconoclast era (c. 680-850) :$ba history /$cLeslie Brubaker and John Haldon.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2011.
300 $axxiv, 918 p. :$bill., maps ;$c26 cm.
520 $a"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"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 800-906) and index.
505 0 $aBelief, ideology, and practice in a changing world -- Leo III : iconoclast or opportunist? -- Constantine V and the institutionalisation of iconoclasm -- The triumph of tradition? The iconophile intermission, 775-813 -- The second iconoclasm -- Economy, society, and state -- Patterns of settlement : urban and rural life -- Social elites and the court -- Society, politics, and power -- Fiscal management and administration -- Strategic administration and the origins of the themata -- Iconoclasm, representation, and rewriting the past.
650 0 $aIconoclasm$zByzantine Empire$xHistory.
651 0 $aByzantine Empire$xChurch history.
650 0 $aIconoclasm$zByzantine Empire$xHistory$vSources.
651 0 $aByzantine Empire$xChurch history$vSources.
650 0 $aIcons, Byzantine.
650 0 $aArt, Byzantine$xHistory.
650 0 $aByzantine antiquities.
651 0 $aByzantine Empire$xPolitics and government.
650 0 $aChurch and state$zByzantine Empire$xHistory.
650 0 $aArt and state$zByzantine Empire$xHistory.
700 1 $aHaldon, John F.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805214/30937/cover/9780521430937.jpg
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2010029491-t.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2010029491-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2010029491-b.html