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George Strachan of the Mearns

McInally
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      This book examines the life of George Strachan (1572 1635), early 17th-century Scottish Humanist scholar, Orientalist and traveller. Drawing on a wealth of newly discovered archival material to offer new insights into Strachan's life and work, it also utilises recent scholarship on the relationship between the cultures and religions of East and West. Tom McInally explains the voyages that the Catholic exile took to many of the Catholic courts of Europe as a scholar and spy before turning eastwards to embark upon a 22-year journey around the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires. By becoming fully literate in Arabic and Farsi, Strachan was able to gain a unique knowledge of Eastern societies. His collection of Arabic and Farsi texts on Islam, philosophy and humanities which he translated and sent to Europe for the advancement of European knowledge of Islam and Islamic societies became Strachan's real intellectual legacy
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: McInally EAN: 9781474466233 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Edinburgh University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2022-05-31 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      United Kingdom, Great Britain, Middle East, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, General and world history, European history, Middle Eastern history, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Islam, Religious mission and Religious Conversion

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      Tom McInally, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen, University of Aberdeen.
      This book examines the life of George Strachan (1572 1635), early 17th-century Scottish Humanist scholar, Orientalist and traveller. Drawing on a wealth of newly discovered archival material to offer new insights into Strachan's life and work, it also utilises recent scholarship on the relationship between the cultures and religions of East and West. Tom McInally explains the voyages that the Catholic exile took to many of the Catholic courts of Europe as a scholar and spy before turning eastwards to embark upon a 22-year journey around the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires. By becoming fully literate in Arabic and Farsi, Strachan was able to gain a unique knowledge of Eastern societies. His collection of Arabic and Farsi texts on Islam, philosophy and humanities which he translated and sent to Europe for the advancement of European knowledge of Islam and Islamic societies became Strachan's real intellectual legacy
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: McInally EAN: 9781474466233 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Edinburgh University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2022-05-31 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      United Kingdom, Great Britain, Middle East, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, General and world history, European history, Middle Eastern history, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Islam, Religious mission and Religious Conversion

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      Tom McInally, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen, University of Aberdeen.

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