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