53. S9E3 The Sacred Detective: Saints, Sinners and the Medieval Mind Meets Poirot

Travel further back into the medieval imagination, where the strange and the meticulous were interpreted through a spiritual lens. In this world of saints and sinners, Poirot’s love of routine might have found a home in a monastic scriptorium, viewed as a contemplative vocation or a "divine gift of discernment". However, the same traits could also trigger suspicion of "scrupulosity" or "unnatural" insight. We explore a time when the neurodivergent mind was seen as a moral or cosmic sign, either blessed by God or shrouded in mystery.