Aniconic Art in Asia Minor |
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Christianization in Asia Minor |
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The prohibition against icon veneration was the cornerstone of the religious policy of the Isaurian dynasty in the 8th century and of the Amorion dynasty in the 9th century, provoking intense conflict within the empire. Asia Minor, the then most important part of Byzantium, became the focal point of the Iconoclasm, where the supporters of the imperial iconoclastic policy, but also many iconophiles seeking for the restoration of the icons, developed their activity. |
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