Eoghan Ahern is based in the Institute of Irish Studies in the University of Liverpool. He researches late ancient and early medieval intellectual history, with a particular focus on the Insular world. He has published on subjects such as miracles, the idea of decline in late antique historiography and sexual sin in early Christian thought.

• 1. Background and Context; 2. De natura rerum and the Topography of the Cosmos; 3. Bede’s Cosmogony: Creation, Perfection, Decline; 4. Soul and Body; 5. Aetherial Angels and Aerial Demons; 6. God and Creation; 7. Heaven, Hell and the Interim; 8. The End of the World and After; 9. Conclusion

Eoghan Ahern is based in the Institute of Irish Studies in the University of Liverpool. He researches late ancient and early medieval intellectual history, with a particular focus on the Insular world. He has published on subjects such as miracles, the idea of decline in late antique historiography and sexual sin in early Christian thought.

• 1. Background and Context; 2. De natura rerum and the Topography of the Cosmos; 3. Bede’s Cosmogony: Creation, Perfection, Decline; 4. Soul and Body; 5. Aetherial Angels and Aerial Demons; 6. God and Creation; 7. Heaven, Hell and the Interim; 8. The End of the World and After; 9. Conclusion

Eoghan Ahern is based in the Institute of Irish Studies in the University of Liverpool. He researches late ancient and early medieval intellectual history, with a particular focus on the Insular world. He has published on subjects such as miracles, the idea of decline in late antique historiography and sexual sin in early Christian thought.

• 1. Background and Context; 2. De natura rerum and the Topography of the Cosmos; 3. Bede’s Cosmogony: Creation, Perfection, Decline; 4. Soul and Body; 5. Aetherial Angels and Aerial Demons; 6. God and Creation; 7. Heaven, Hell and the Interim; 8. The End of the World and After; 9. Conclusion