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First Iconoclast Period

The first major Byzantine Iconoclast phase, conventionally dated 726–787 in the BIU001 reference source.

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720s–787 · Imperial policy

First Iconoclast Phase · contested beginning

Dating / scope noteThe preserved BIU005 entity keeps its earlier 726–787 label. Current Smarthistory synthesis describes the struggle as beginning in the 720s and treats the traditional 726/730 Chalke removal narrative as uncertain.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icons and Iconoclasm in Byzantium
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Smarthistory
Byzantine Iconoclasm and the Triumph of Orthodoxy
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precedes
Second Iconoclast Period
chronological · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
contains-event
Council of Hieria, 754
chronological · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
ends-with
Second Council of Nicaea, 787
chronological · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← historical-term-for
Iconomachy / “Image Struggle”
source-backed · Smarthistory
← frames-context-around
“Transitional Period” in Byzantine Architecture
qualified-source-backed · Smarthistory
← precedes
Quinisext Council / Council in Trullo, 691–692
chronological · Smarthistory
← precedes
Christ on Justinian II’s Coinage, 692–695
chronological · Smarthistory
← associated-with
Emperor Leo III
qualified-source-backed · Smarthistory
← associated-with-traditional-opening-narrative-of
Chalke Gate
qualified-source-backed · Smarthistory
← promoted-during
Cross in Iconoclast Programs
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smarthistory
← falls-within
Sekreton Image Removals, 766–769
chronological · Smarthistory
← falls-within
Dormition at Nicaea: Iconoclast Intervention
qualified-source-backed · Smarthistory
← provides-continuity-through
Sinai Survival of Early Icons
qualified-source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← complicates-single-narrative-of
Regional Variation during the Image Controversy
qualified-source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← associated-with-period
Cappadocia
qualified-source-backed · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icons and Iconoclasm in Byzantium
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text-reference-only

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