- Back to Medieval Source Book | ORB Main Page | Links to Other Medieval Sites | Medieval Sourcebook: John of Damascus: In Defense of Icons, c. 730 The Iconoclastic controversy lasted from 726, when Emperor Leo III (717-741) began an attack on the use of religious images, until 843 when The Empress Theodora allowed their restoration. The two periods of Iconoclasm were separated by the reign of the ...www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/johndam-icons.html
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