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Prieto Domínguez, Óscar 2024-02-05T07:26:24Z 2024-02-05T07:26:24Z 2021-02 9999-12-31 978-1-108-49130-3 http://hdl.handle.net/10366/155272 10.1017/9781108868129 Iconoclasm was the name given to the stance of that portion of Eastern Christianity that rejected worshipping God through images (eikones) representing Christ, the Virgin or the saints and was the official doctrine of the Byzantine Empire for most of the period between 726 and 843. It was a period marked by violent passions on either side. This is the first comprehensive account of the extant contemporary texts relating to this phenomenon and their impact on society, politics and identity. By examining the literary circles emerging both during the time of persecution and immediately after the restoration of icons in 843, the volume casts new light on the striking (re)construction of Byzantine society, whose iconophile identity was biasedly redefined by the political parties led by Theodoros Stoudites, Gregorios Dekapolites and Empress Theodora or the patriarchs Methodios, Ignatios and Photios. It thereby offers an innovative paradigm for approaching Byzantine literature. --Pioneering study of the literary nature of the texts produced during Iconoclasm --Emphasises the texts' use as ideological tools by different circles, such as ecclesiastical institutions and imperial power structures --Adopts a multidisciplinary approach combining sociology of literature, religious and cultural studies, political history and source criticism application/pdf eng Cambridge University Press Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess Literatura bizantina Literatura griega Socioliteratura Constantinopla (Patriarcado) Manuscritos griegos 5505.10 Filología Literary Circles in Byzantine Iconoclasm. Patrons, Politics and Saints info:eu-repo/semantics/book info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108868129 Junta de Castilla y León: SA014G19