BYZANTINE ICONOCLASM AND POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE OF ARAB CONQUESTS – AN EMOTIONAL ‘GUST’
In 726 the Byzantine emperor, Leo III, ordered that an icon of Christ be removed from the main gate of the imperial palace in Constantinople (modern Istanbul), the capital of the Byzantine empire. This act provoked a violent reaction. The mob of Constantinople defended the image of Christ and lynched the poor soldier who had been sent to remove it. Four years later, in 730, the same Leo summoned an ecclesiastic council which condemned the veneration of icons anywhere in the Empire. ...
Cooee Music
When Europeans arrived in Australia with the intention of staying, they embarked on a journey of adaptation. What they saw was difference, interpreted by many as the contrarieties of a weird and unnatural place. What they heard could equally be interpreted as tuneless. The process of becoming attuned to the new environment had to be a conscious act.
The Disappearance of Fanciful Flourish from World Maps of the Middle Ages
Until the 13th century, European world maps had been devotional objects, intended to evoke God’s harmonious design in a schematic form. They were appropriate, for instance, as altarpieces, but also as a fitting gift to ruling monarchs. They tended, however, to be symbolic representations of the world, most commonly the Christian universe as Jean Germain’s `Spiritual mappamundi’ c. 1450 to Philip the Good of Burgundy testifies.
PARA LA UNIÓN DE LAS PARTES ENTRE SÍ
El jesuita Francisco Javier emprendía en 1540 el viaje que lo conduciría de Roma a la ciudad de Lisboa, respondiendo así al pedido de Juan III de Portugal, interesado en emplear a los religiosos de la naciente Compañía de Jesús...