Iconoclasm

sculptures in Afghanistan before 2001

pope

thumb|upright=1.2|Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy depicting the "[[Triumph of Orthodoxy" over iconoclasm under the Byzantine empress Theodora and her son Michael III, late 14th to early 15th century]]

Umayyad caliph

cave in People's Republic of China

thumb|Print of the destruction in the Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)|Church of Our Lady in Antwerp, the "signature event" of the Beeldenstorm, 20 August 1566, by [[Frans Hogenberg]]

burning of objects

monuments destroyed by the Islamic State

Dutch Roman Catholic missionary (1809-1887)

avoidance of images of sentient beings in some forms of Islamic art

sacred tree of the Germanic pagans

Wikimedia list article

event in Saudi history

Qarmatian sack of Mecca

Media event

Belgian explorer and missionary (1852–1896)

legality of fascistiska and Nazi symbols after World War 2

protestant Reformation: 16th century, Europe

thumb|right|200px|Title page of Eikonoklastes. Eikonoklastes (from the Greek εἰκονοκλάστης, "iconoclast") is a book by the English poet and polemicist John Milton, published in October 1649. In it he provides a justification for the execution of Charles I, which had taken place on 30 January 1649. The book's title is taken from the Greek, and means "Iconoclast" or "breaker of the icon", and refers to Eikon Basilike, a Royalist (Cavalier) propaganda work. The translation of Eikon Basilike is "icon of the King"; it was published immediately after the execution. Milton's book is therefore usually