Things to Know
“Image-breaking”; The rejection of the use of images depicting holy people & things as idolatry as well as the destruction of such images.
What is iconoclasm?
This emperor tried to force iconoclasm on the Church.
Who was Emperor Leo III?
This person led the Franks against the Muslims in the Battle of Tours.
Who was Charles Martel?
Encouraging resistance to or an uprising against the government or other lawful authority.
What is sedition?
This is one who servers or uses images in worship.
What is an iconodule?
This was the missionary & bishop, called the Apostle of Germany, who converted the pagan Hessians and restored Bavaria and Thuringia to orthodoxy.
Who was St. Boniface?
Troops moving at the head of an army.
What is vanguard?
This is the name of the day the icons were solemnly carried into the churches following Empress Theodora’s order that they be restored.
What is Triumph of Orthodoxy?
This was the name of the Muslim-controlled part of the Iberian peninsula.
What was Al-Andalus?
Emperor Leo III and Charles Martel save Europe by defeating these invaders.
What is Muslim?
The Muslims defeated the Visigoths at this battle in the year 700.
What was Battle of La Janda (or Guadalete)?
This was the monk of Jarrow Abbey & the author of the Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
Who was St. Bede?
This is an image breaker.
What is an iconoclast?
This was the nearly 800-year struggle for Christians to retake the Iberian peninsula from the Muslims, led by Don Pelayo.
What was the Reconquest?
This person was the first Carolingian king of the Franks.
Who was Pepin the Short?