Iconoclasm smoldered on for another forty years after Irene before finally expiring during the reign of Michael III, when his mother Theodora — like Irene a regent — proclaimed the restoration of icons. Brownworth notes this as a case of history being written by the winners, since Constantine V the fierce iconoclast is remembered as 'Copronymus' while Irene the iconodule is venerated as a saint.
Also known as: Icons under Theodora
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Episode 11 (9 mentions)
Iconoclasm smoldered on for another forty years after Irene before finally expiring during the reign of Michael III, when his mother Theodora — like Irene a regent — proclaimed the restoration of icons. Brownworth notes this as a case of history being written by the winners, since Constantine V the fierce iconoclast is remembered as 'Copronymus' while Irene the iconodule is venerated as a saint.
“The controversy came to be called iconoclasm, or literally the destruction of icons, and”
“of the divine, and icons in particular, were a violation of the second commandment.”
“of Michael III, when his mother, Theodora, like Irene the Regent, proclaimed the restoration”
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