{"product_id":"9781853997501","title":"Inventing Byzantine Iconoclasm","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eInventing Byzantine Iconoclasm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Leslie Brubaker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eByzantine ‘iconoclasm' is famous and has influenced iconoclast movements from  the English Reformation and French Revolution to Taliban, but it has also been  woefully misunderstood: this book shows how and why the debate about images was  more complicated, and more interesting, than it has been presented in the past.  It explores how icons came to be so important, who opposed them, and how the  debate about images played itself out over the years between c. 680 and 850.  Many widely accepted assumptions about ‘iconoclasm' – that it was an imperial  initiative that resulted in widespread destruction of images, that the major  promoters of icon veneration were monks, and that the era was one of cultural  stagnation – are shown to be incorrect. Instead, the years of the image debates  saw technological advances and intellectual shifts that, coupled with a growing  economy, concluded with the emergence of medieval Byzantium as a strong and  stable empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781853997501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bristol Classical Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40595870056654,"sku":"9781853997501","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_408d97d9-7ce1-4622-96f7-76ca3ae1e971.jpg?v=1637842679","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781853997501","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}