Week 7 (February 20-25)

 

The age of Iconoclasm, 730-843

•  Tuesday: In-class assignment #2. Iconoclasm and the making of Byzantine Orthodoxy [Treadgold 346-370, 417-445; Whittow 134-164 and 195-220; Geanakoplos 152-154 (no. 111 - John of Damascus, On Holy Images); 154-156 (no. 112 - the decisions of the iconoclastic Church council of 754), 156-157 (no. 113 - the condemnation of Iconoclasm at the council of 787), 157 (no. 114 - Emperor Leo V's iconoclastic views), 158 (no. 115), 346-347 (no. 257)]
• Thursday: Court, army, and church [Treadgold 534-579; Whittow 165-193; Glory183-191 and 200-217; Geanakoplos 21-22 and 51-52  (nos. 4 and 29 - Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, On Ceremonies), 22-23 and 25 (nos. 5 and 8 - Liutprand of Cremona, Antapodosis); 59-60 (no. 38), 77-79 (no. 50 A and B), 79 (no. 51), 99-100 (nos. 69-70), 168-170 (no. 122 - reform rules of Theodore of Studius)]