Monastic politics and vested interests in the inter-iconoclastic years: myths and realities

It used to be generally assumed that there was a solid and obdurate monastic opposition to imperial iconoclasm during the eighth century. But until the period of the Council of Nicaea in 787 there is in fact no reliable evidence to support this contention. Nor is there solid evidence for monastic op...

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Main Author: Haldon, John F. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2020
In: Konzilien und kanonisches Recht in Spätantike und frühem Mittelalter
Year: 2020, Pages: 239-250
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Monasticism / Iconoclasm / Politics / Council 2. (787 : Nizäa) / Council / History / Church history studies 700-800
IxTheo Classification:KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
KCC Councils
SB Catholic Church law