Iconoclasm in Byzantium (jan 1, 726 – jan 1, 843)
Description:
Iconoclasm is the social belief in the importance of the destruction of icons and other images or monuments, most frequently for religious or political reasons. Byzantine Iconoclasm refers to two periods in the history of the Byzantine Empire when the use of religious images or icons was opposed by religious and imperial authorities within the Eastern Church and the temporal imperial hierarchy.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 726
jan 1, 843
~ 117 years