Iconoclasm and the Holy Man
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• Breaking the Power of the Holy Man – Holy man and icons consecrated from below, get holiness from popular support, not consecrated – holiness was power and neither icons nor saints in church’s power structure – example: Constantine V’s treatment of monks punished monks dressed in robes of bridegroom opposed to normal schema as above human relationships – shows understanding of holy men – Whittow sees this as purely political and coup based punishment.
• Brown: Iconoclasm determination to break the power of the holy man in Byzantine society as a principle bulwark of the power of the icon and as force itself
• Can there be a causual function to the changing power dynamic between the holy man and the more formal authorities (spiritual or otherwise)? Lessening of the power of the holy man certainly a symptom of iconoclasm

Other Notes in this Category

1. Byzantine Ideology
2. Historiography
3. Iconclasm and the Ancient City
4. Iconoclasm and the Holy Man
5. Structural Changes in Iconoclasm
6. Theological Backing to Iconoclasm
7. Timeline
8. What is Iconoclasm?
9. Why Iconoclasm?

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