Military division of the Empire in 842 (from Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era)
The bride show where Theophilos chooses Theodora (Val Cameron Prinsep (1838-1904) – New York Public Library Digital Gallery)
Theophilus reorganises the army and leaves the throne to his wife and two year-old son. Theodora decides to restore the Icons and we discuss the end to the Iconoclast era of Byzantine history.
Period: 838-842
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Great episode like always, personally I can’t wait for the rise of Basil I.
*…I can’t wait for the rise of Basil I.* Lars Brownworth provides a *sneak peek* (from his ’12 Byzantine Rulers’ series)… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8XxTbjIJmA
Absolutely wonderful episode, great coverage on Iconoclasm! I do admit, I will miss Iconoclasm though… I never got the Sack of Damietta though, and while I’m sure we’re getting there, could you also note the sources of the event? I’ve not found a source that mentions it more than it does a footnote in the wider book!
In English you can look at some of the sources here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Damietta_(853).
Just caught up with the last two episodes. I’m gathering that its not coincidence that the end of the religious controversies came only a few years before the Macedonian Renaissance.
I finially went inside the local Newtown Greek Orthodox church today for a look & it was dimly lit & full of large icons.
It felt like being in the past, 1100 years ago.