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Iconoclasm

Iconoclasm (from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn) 'figure, icon' and κλάω (kláō) 'to break') is the belief in the importance of the destruction of icons and other images or monuments, often for religious or political reasons. Those who engage in or support iconoclasm are called iconoclasts, a term that has come to be applied figuratively and more broadly to…

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Iconoclasm in Christian history

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Early religious iconoclasm

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Muslim iconoclasm

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Iconoclasm in East Asia

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related to Further reading · 200
Iconoclasm → Alain, Alloa, An Intellectual History, Andrew, Anne, Antonio, Antonio Calisi, Architecture, Archived, Areopagite, Arianism, Art, Arun, Ashgate, Aston, Balafrej, Barasch, Beiner, Belgique, Besançon
related to history · 35
Iconoclasm → AD, Alexandria, Anabaptist Christianity, Aniconism, Byzantine, Calvinism, Calvinist, Canon, Christian, Christianisation, Christianity, Christians, Church Fathers Tertullian, Clement, Constantine, During, Early Christian, Elvira, Gentiles, God
related to Early Islam in Arabia · 23
Iconoclasm → Arabian, But Yazīd's, Christian, Edict, Islam, Islamic, Jahiliyyah, Jesus, Jordan, Kaaba, Levant, Mary, Mecca, Most Christians, Muhammad, Muslim, Researchers, The, There, This
related to During the French Revolution · 21
Iconoclasm → Alexandre Lenoir, August, Basilica, Concorde, French, French Revolution, King Louis XV, Later, Louis XVI, Louvre, Nonetheless, Numerous, Old Regime, Paris, Place, Republican, Révolution, Saint-Denis, Some, This
related to Angkor · 16
Iconoclasm → AD, At, Bayon Temple, Beginning, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist, Carvings, Hindu, Hinduism, Indravarman II, Jayavarman VIII, Khmer Empire, Many, Preah Khan, Shiva
related to Contemporary events · 16
Iconoclasm → According, Afghanistan, Bamyan, Buddhas, Certain Muslim, Flood, Islam, It, Muslim, Saudi Arabian, Such, Taliban, Taliban's, The, There, Western
related to Ancient era · 14
Iconoclasm → Akhenaten, Akhetaten, Amarna Period, Aten, Bronze Age, Comparing, Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptians, In, Israelites, Jan Assmann, Public, Sun
related to Damnatio memoriae · 13
Iconoclasm → Among Roman, Ancient Egypt, Commodus, Domitian, In, Publius Septimius Geta, Revolutionary Russia, Revolutions, Roman, Sejanus, Several Emperors, Stricter, This
related to Other instances · 12
Iconoclasm → At, Buddhist, Catholicism, Christian, Christianity, Easter Island, Eastern Polynesia, European, In Japan, Many, Other, Shinto
related to Egypt · 10
Iconoclasm → Al-Maqrīzī, Dahr, Giza, Great Sphinx, He, However, Mark Lehner, Muhammad Sa'im, Muslims, Sufi Muslim

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destroyed temple hindu temples destruction religious images statue muslim also hindus isbn christian byzantine many century idolatry early revolution india

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Tertullianinstance oficonoclastic tendencies were supported by theologians0.80text
Clement of Alexandriainstance oficonoclastic tendencies were supported by theologians0.80text
Origeninstance oficonoclastic tendencies were supported by theologians0.80text
Lactantiusinstance oficonoclastic tendencies were supported by theologians0.80text
Justin Martyrinstance oficonoclastic tendencies were supported by theologians0.80text
Eusebiusinstance oficonoclastic tendencies were supported by theologians0.80text
Epiphanius.Byzantine eraThe period after the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinianinstance oficonoclastic tendencies were supported by theologians0.80text
Hugh Latimerinstance ofand was urged on by reformers0.80text
Thomas Cranmerinstance ofand was urged on by reformers0.80text
limited official action was taken against religious images in churches in the late 1530sinstance ofand was urged on by reformers0.80text
martyrdomsinstance ofit encouraged the development of art with violent images0.80text
of pieces whose subject was the dangers of idolatryinstance ofit encouraged the development of art with violent images0.80text

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