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| c. 500 |
| | | Small ivory panels, with Gospel scenes carved in relief, provide a delicate beginning to the story of Christian sculpture | |
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| 525 |
| | | The law is changed to allow Justinian, of senatorial rank, to marry Theodora — whom courtesy describes as an actress | |
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| 527 |
| | | Justinian becomes emperor in Constantinople, beginning a reign which will restore the empire to much of its former glory | |
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| 589 |
| | | The word filioque ('and from the Son') becomes a major bone of contention between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches | |
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| c. 600 |
| | | Ritual intoning of the psalms, derived from Jewish synagogues, is formalized in Christian worship as Gregorian chant | |
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| 674 |
| | | A Muslim fleet attacking Constantinople is deterred by the first known use of the Byzantine secret recipe for 'Greek fire' | |
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| c. 780 |
| | | The Anglo-Saxons have a name for the Celts west of Offa's dyke - wealas or Welsh, meaning foreigners | |
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| 843 |
| | | The iconoclastic controversy ends when Theodora, widow of the emperor Theophilus, officially sanctions the veneration of icons | |
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| c. 900 |
| | | With the end of inconoclasm, the screen between the nave and the altar sanctuary becomes covered in icons in Orthodox churches | |
|  | Iconostasis, Suzdal
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| 987 |
| | | Hugh Capet, a Frankish noble elected king of west Francia, establishes the royal dynasty of France. | |
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