When in History was the first ever divorce recorded was it Henry V111?
No. Divorce was allowed in most ancient societies, the Egyptians, Greeks and romans all allowed divorce, and romans got divorced quite frequently, not always willingly. For instance, Tiberius, the stepson of the emperor Augustus, was forced to divorce his wife in order to marry Julia, daughter of the emperor. He didn’t want to, but wasn’t given any choice. Henry VIII did not actually divorce Catherine of Aragon, his marriage was annulled, that is it was declared invalid, so officially he had not been married at all. Annullments were often granted by the church during the medieval period, but Henry had not been able to get one, which is why he ended up breaking from Rome (plus he wanted to get his hands on the wealth of the church).
