Byzantine Ideology
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• Influence of Old Testament – Unlike Roman predecessors Byzantine rulers no longer believed that they rules the entire world – ruled only the important part Orthodox Byzantium – The New Israel various attempts to accentuate the influence of the Old Testament in post-Justianic laws of Leo III influenced by moses – this change led to a more defensive, introverted outlook (Whittow)
• Link earthquake 726 and other natural disasters to Old Testament punishment

Iconoclasm as a symptom and a cause of the changes in the Byzantine empire

IMPORTANCE ISLAM – pressure new monotheistic religion stirred the ideological debate, Islamic triumphs early 8^th ceniry forced blame of seemingly weak and ineffective icons

Other Notes in this Category

1. Byzantine Ideology
2. Historiography
3. Iconclasm and the Ancient City
4. Iconoclasm and the Holy Man
5. Structural Changes in Iconoclasm
6. Theological Backing to Iconoclasm
7. Timeline
8. What is Iconoclasm?
9. Why Iconoclasm?

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