Byzantine Empire under the Amorian dynasty information
Period of Byzantine history from 820 to 867
Byzantine Empire
Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων(Ancient Greek)
Imperium Romanum(Latin)
820–867
The Byzantine Empire in 864 AD after the Christianization of Bulgaria.
Capital
Constantinople
Common languages
Greek
Government
Bureaucratic semi-elective monarchy
Emperor
• 820–829
Michael II
• 829–842
Theophilos
• 842–867
Michael III
History
• accession of Michael II
820
• assassination of Michael III
867
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Byzantine Empire under the Nikephorian dynasty
Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty
First Bulgarian Empire
Emirate of Crete
Emirate of Sicily
The Byzantine Empireunder theAmoriandynasty (or Phrygian dynasty) ruled from 820 to 867. The Amorian dynasty continued the policy of restored iconoclasm (the "Second Iconoclasm") started by the previous non-dynastic emperor Leo V in 813, until its abolition by Empress Theodora with the help of Patriarch Methodios in 842.[1] The continued iconoclasm further worsened relations between the East and the West, which were already bad following the papal coronations of a rival line of "Roman Emperors" beginning with Charlemagne in 800. Relations worsened even further during the so-called Photian Schism, when Pope Nicholas I challenged Photios' elevation to the patriarchate. However, the era also saw a revival in intellectual activity which was marked by the end of iconoclasm under Michael III, which contributed to the upcoming Macedonian Renaissance.
During the Second Iconoclasm, the Empire began to see systems resembling feudalism being put in place, with large and local landholders becoming increasingly prominent, receiving lands in return for military service to the central government.[2] Similar systems had been in place in the Roman Empire ever since the reign of Severus Alexander during the third century, when Roman soldiers and their heirs were granted lands on the condition of service to the Emperor.[3]
Amorian dynasty
Chronology
Michael II
820–829
with Theophilos as co-emperor
822–829
Theophilos
829–842
with Constantine as co-emperor
830s
with Michael III as co-emperor
840–842
Michael III
842–867
with Theodora and Theoktistos
842–855
as regents
with Basil I as co-emperor
866–867
Succession
Preceded by Leo V and the Nikephorian dynasty
Followed by Macedonian dynasty
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^Parry, Kenneth (1996). Depicting the Word: Byzantine Iconophile Thought of the Eighth and Ninth Centuries. Leiden and New York: Brill. pp 11-15. ISBN 90-04-10502-6.
^A. A. Vasiliev, History of the Byzantine Empire: 324–1453, p. 564.
^A.A. Vasiliev, History of the Byzantine Empire, p. 566.
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