A reluctant 13th century archbishop uses the authority of a life lived with integrity to defend Magna Carta --- and changes the course of history without knowing it.
Mechthild of Magdeburg saw divine love as an endless stream flowing to every soul---a vision that helped shape our modern understanding of inherent human dignity.
Harmonia remembers Meister Eckhart, the 13th-14th century Dominican friar whose sermons invited ordinary people to discover God in the stillness of their own souls.
Medieval Rhineland mystics discovered an interior freedom no plague or institution could touch --- and their insight speaks directly to the attention economy today.
Gregory Palamas defended the reality of direct encounter with the divine against those who insisted God could only be approached through intellect and doctrine.