Dr Calum Cunningham @f18cal.bsky.social · 27/03/2025The first Stuart succession under the Union of the Crowns occurred 400 years ago today with the death of King James VI and I and the accession of his second son, King Charles I. 010
Reposted by Dr Calum CunninghamHistoria – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 06/03/2025To mark the 300th anniversary of the birth of Henry Benedict Stuart, also known as Cardinal York, #otd in 1725, @f18cal.bsky.social and Stefano Baccolo offer five surprising facts about this influential man, now largely unknown outside Italy. Find out more: historiamag.com/5-facts-henr... #Jacobite 063
Reposted by Dr Calum CunninghamDarren S. Layne @funkyplaid.bsky.social · 25/02/2025It's always a pleasure to announce the release of a new JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshop Series programme, & our Spring 2025 roster is no exception. We'll be kicking things off on 11 Mar with a keynote from the inimitable Dr Kelsey Jackson Williams. Hope to see you! jdb1745.net/events/jstwo... 0156
Dr Calum Cunningham @f18cal.bsky.social · 24/02/2025500 years ago today, Richard de la Pole, called the 'White Rose', was killed at the Battle of Pavia in the Duchy of Milan. He was the last member of the House of York to actively and openly seek the crown of England as 'Richard IV', and Henry VIII was glad to hear of his death. 000
Dr Calum Cunningham @f18cal.bsky.social · 01/01/2025King James VIII & III.... (10 June, 1688 – 1 January, 1766).... don rìgh! 020
Reposted by Dr Calum CunninghamDr Jérémy Filet @drjeremyfilet.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Thanks @f18cal.bsky.social for spotting my monograph with @manchesterup.bsky.social has sprung into existence on their website! 🎉🥳 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179920/manchesteruniversitypress.co.ukManchester University Press - The Jacobites and the Grand TourThe Jacobites and the Grand Tour - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of The Jacobites and the Grand Tour by Jérémy Filet 152
Dr Calum Cunningham @f18cal.bsky.social · 18/12/2024The William Wallace Statue looking over the River Tweed from Bemersyde. It was commissioned by the 11th Earl of Buchan and erected in 1814. 000
Dr Calum Cunningham @f18cal.bsky.social · 15/12/2024The Temple of the Muses, Dryburgh, dedicated to James Thomson of Ednam, near Kelso, erected on the order of the 11th Earl of Buchan. Buchan famously corresponded with President George Washington about the latter's praise of Scottish farming techniques. All interconnected. 010
Dr Calum Cunningham @f18cal.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Ice sculpture of Robert I ‘the Bruce’ in Edinburgh from 7 years ago. Still very cool. 030
Reposted by Dr Calum CunninghamDarren S. Layne @funkyplaid.bsky.social · 25/11/2024The final JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshop of the term is coming up on Tues, 26 Nov at 5pm UKT. We’ll be welcoming Stefano Baccolo and @f18cal.bsky.social to the digital dais to discuss their recent work on the courts of the Stuart heirs in exile after 1766. jdb1745.net/events/jstwo... 2149
Dr Calum Cunningham @f18cal.bsky.social · 20/11/2024The Elidon Hills, Scottish Borders, taken by me this afternoon. 2232
Dr Calum Cunningham @f18cal.bsky.social · 16/11/2024For anyone interested in the princely courts of Charles Edward and Henry Benedict Stuart: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comThe Stuarts in Italy, 1766–1807: A Court in Perpetual PretenceTaking its cues from the conclusions of Edward Corp in The Stuarts in Italy, 1719–1766: A Royal Court in Permanent Exile, this article considers the evolution of the princely court held by the two ... 0103
Dr Calum Cunningham @f18cal.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Walt Disney and Greyfriars Bobby. A great photo. 050
Dr Calum Cunningham @f18cal.bsky.social · 13/11/2024The Waterloo Monument on Peniel Heugh, Scottish Borders, yesterday morning. 040
Dr Calum Cunningham @f18cal.bsky.social · 13/11/2024The Wallace Monument emerging from the mist right now. 020
Reposted by Dr Calum CunninghamDarren S. Layne @funkyplaid.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I've taken the liberty of creating the beginnings of a #JacobiteStudies Starter Pack for Bluesky. If you'd like to join please feel free to let me know by responding here or shooting me a DM. go.bsky.app/xt9yhH 53215
Reposted by Dr Calum Cunninghamneil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 01/03/2024Great article by @f18cal.bsky.social & @classicalalan.bsky.social in the latest History Scotland #Jacobite #18thc 233
Dr Calum Cunningham @f18cal.bsky.social · 09/11/2023Watching an old episode of Blackadder and cannot believe I’ve not noticed this one before, even if it does say rebellion. 👀 #Jacobite 020
Reposted by Dr Calum CunninghamDarren S. Layne @funkyplaid.bsky.social · 23/08/2023Some fabulous articles just published in Atlantic Studies for their special issue on Scottish Loyalism in the Atlantic World. Great stuff from Nicola Martin, Jim Ambuske, Katie McCullough and Graeme Morton. Highland loyalty, Jacobite legitimism, and Campbells, oh my!tandfonline.comInculcating loyalty in the Highlands and beyond, c.1745–1784The Jacobite rising of 1745–1746 saw several thousand Scots rebel against the British crown. Yet it also provided opportunities for Scots to demonstrate their loyalty to the crown. After the rising.... 0108
Dr Calum Cunningham @f18cal.bsky.social · 03/10/2023It’s nice to finally have a physical copy of the thesis in my hands for the first time. #Jacobite #PhDone 181
Dr Calum Cunningham @f18cal.bsky.social · 22/09/2023Neo-classical "fishpond" mosaic made from ceramic porcelain. Artist: Gary Drostle, Croydon, England. 0131