George Strachan of the Mearns: Seventeenth-century Orientalist

This book examines the life of George Strachan (1572 – 1635), early 17th century Scottish Humanist scholar, Orientalist and traveller. The book draws on a wealth of newly discovered archival material to offer new insights into Strachan’s life and work, as well as utilising recent scholarship on the relationship between the cultures and religions of East and West.
The book explains the voyages that the Catholic exile took to many of the Catholic courts of Europe as a scholar and spy before t...