Divorce laws during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II (408-450 AD)

Samir Farid Awad, Sahar; Ebrahem Elsharawy, Ahmed; Omar Saleh, Nahed; Mohamed Melegy, Soher

doi:10.21608/buhuth.2023.221491.1530

Divorce laws during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II (408-450 AD)

Document Type : Academic research papers

Authors

¹ Department of History - Medieval History Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Girls for Arts, Sciences and Education, Ain Shams University

² A college of Literature- Faculty of Women Ain Shams University – Egypt.

³ Asst. Prof. of Medieval History-Department of History, Faculty of Women for Arts, Science & Education, Ain Shams University, Egypt

⁴ Faculty of Women -Ain Shams University - Egypt

10.21608/buhuth.2023.221491.1530

Abstract

Byzantine studies witnessed boom in research during the last century, as researchers poured most of their attention on political, war and military issues, those topics that were covered largely by the contemporary sources, but with many discoveries, and increased efforts of researchers Contemporaries of the history of Europe in the Middle Ages in general and Byzantine history in particular, began to break into new fields, the most important of which are religious, cultural and social issues, including various issues pertaining to the Byzantine family.
This study deals with the imperial laws enacted to regulate family life, the laws related to divorce, the extent to which these laws were affected by the ancient Roman law, and the changes that the emperors brought about in them in order to comply with the spirit of the new era, which began to shine with the emergence of the new Christian religion, and the extent of the influence of that religion and its teachings on civil laws. As well as the impact that the Christian religion had on the family at the beginning of the fourth century AD, which is part of a much larger issue related to the “Christianization” of society, and the spread of Christianity in it.
This research monitored the imperial laws related to divorce enacted by the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II (408-450 AD) and reached us through his famous blog called "The Theodosian Code and Novels".

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