Andrew Brunatti
@andrewbrunatti.bsky.social
PhD in Politics & History. Art lover. Currently researching/writing on visual portrayals of Viscount Castlereagh (1769-1822).
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If you're familiar with Castlereagh, you're probably also familiar with Shelley/Byron's verses about him that did much to popularise the image of 'Bloody Castlereagh.'
But there's another writer from the same movement whose literary creation was also used to build a dark image of Castlereagh:
But there's another writer from the same movement whose literary creation was also used to build a dark image of Castlereagh:
For those of you who have read my thread on the vampire metaphor and Castlereagh, you should also have a read of this great thread on the deep history of the vampire
With Halloween upon us, did you know: Vampires turn 300 this year?
This year, 2025, marks the 300th anniversary of vampires haunting public imagination in Europe.
Read on for the origins of Orloc, Dracula, and of course, Nandor.
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This year, 2025, marks the 300th anniversary of vampires haunting public imagination in Europe.
Read on for the origins of Orloc, Dracula, and of course, Nandor.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
For those of you who have read my thread on the vampire metaphor and Castlereagh, you should also have a read of this great thread on the deep history of the vampire
If you're familiar with Castlereagh, you're probably also familiar with Shelley/Byron's verses about him that did much to popularise the image of 'Bloody Castlereagh.'
But there's another writer from the same movement whose literary creation was also used to build a dark image of Castlereagh:
But there's another writer from the same movement whose literary creation was also used to build a dark image of Castlereagh:
October 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
If you're familiar with Castlereagh, you're probably also familiar with Shelley/Byron's verses about him that did much to popularise the image of 'Bloody Castlereagh.'
But there's another writer from the same movement whose literary creation was also used to build a dark image of Castlereagh:
But there's another writer from the same movement whose literary creation was also used to build a dark image of Castlereagh:
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#OTD 1618, Sir Walter Ralegh was executed after leading an expedition that violated a peace treaty with Spain.
Best known as an explorer, Ralegh was also an MP for nearly twenty years. Read his #HistParl biography to find out more. 👇
Best known as an explorer, Ralegh was also an MP for nearly twenty years. Read his #HistParl biography to find out more. 👇
www.historyofparliamentonline.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I'm working on a thread for later this week that links Castlereagh and the literary vampire.
No, really, I'm serious.
Is it seasonal?
Yes.
Is it the subject of full-on research article that I currently have in peer review?
Also yes.
No, really, I'm serious.
Is it seasonal?
Yes.
Is it the subject of full-on research article that I currently have in peer review?
Also yes.
October 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I'm working on a thread for later this week that links Castlereagh and the literary vampire.
No, really, I'm serious.
Is it seasonal?
Yes.
Is it the subject of full-on research article that I currently have in peer review?
Also yes.
No, really, I'm serious.
Is it seasonal?
Yes.
Is it the subject of full-on research article that I currently have in peer review?
Also yes.
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Our fall schedule is finalized and ready for registrations!
All talks will livestream and be recorded on our YouTube channel.
All are offered for FREE!
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All talks will livestream and be recorded on our YouTube channel.
All are offered for FREE!
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August 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Our fall schedule is finalized and ready for registrations!
All talks will livestream and be recorded on our YouTube channel.
All are offered for FREE!
www.historysymposium.com/online-lectu...
All talks will livestream and be recorded on our YouTube channel.
All are offered for FREE!
www.historysymposium.com/online-lectu...
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Published this month: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/48Hkjfu
The next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, available from 30 October: Open Access and paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians
The next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, available from 30 October: Open Access and paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians
October 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Published this month: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/48Hkjfu
The next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, available from 30 October: Open Access and paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians
The next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, available from 30 October: Open Access and paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians
Productive Castlereagh-related research visits to PRONI and Mount Stewart over the past week.
Now on my way home to sift through the material.
Now on my way home to sift through the material.
September 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Productive Castlereagh-related research visits to PRONI and Mount Stewart over the past week.
Now on my way home to sift through the material.
Now on my way home to sift through the material.
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Publication Alert 🚨
Show trials: Legal Process in the British Army’s Military Justice System
I wrote an article on why military courts were much more careful about giving soldiers a fairer hearing than we’ve previously recognised
Read for free below
ageofrevolutions.com/2025/09/02/s...
Show trials: Legal Process in the British Army’s Military Justice System
I wrote an article on why military courts were much more careful about giving soldiers a fairer hearing than we’ve previously recognised
Read for free below
ageofrevolutions.com/2025/09/02/s...
Show Trials? Legal Process in the British Army’s Justice System
By Zack White In a well-received analysis of the British Army in the West Indies, Roger Norman Buckley described that the force’s military justice system as “capricious and arbitrary.”[1] Buckley’s…
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September 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Publication Alert 🚨
Show trials: Legal Process in the British Army’s Military Justice System
I wrote an article on why military courts were much more careful about giving soldiers a fairer hearing than we’ve previously recognised
Read for free below
ageofrevolutions.com/2025/09/02/s...
Show trials: Legal Process in the British Army’s Military Justice System
I wrote an article on why military courts were much more careful about giving soldiers a fairer hearing than we’ve previously recognised
Read for free below
ageofrevolutions.com/2025/09/02/s...
I’d been looking for a full set of the Colchester diary/correspondence and the hunt paid off this week. The set was rebound at some point, but they’re the original 1861 edition.
A great source on the day-to-day rhythm of the House of Commons in the early 19th Century.
#skystorians
A great source on the day-to-day rhythm of the House of Commons in the early 19th Century.
#skystorians
September 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I’d been looking for a full set of the Colchester diary/correspondence and the hunt paid off this week. The set was rebound at some point, but they’re the original 1861 edition.
A great source on the day-to-day rhythm of the House of Commons in the early 19th Century.
#skystorians
A great source on the day-to-day rhythm of the House of Commons in the early 19th Century.
#skystorians
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Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing
Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing
Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos Aires
More than 80 years after it was looted by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam, a portrait by an Italian master has been spotted on the website of an estate agent advertising a house for sale in Argentina.
A photo shows the painting, Portrait of a Lady (Contessa Colleoni) by the late-baroque portraitist Giuseppe Ghislandi, also known as Fra’ Galgario, hanging above a sofa in the living room of the property, in a seaside town near Buenos Aires. Continue reading...
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August 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing
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Born #OTD 1676, Robert Walpole, the man generally thought of as Britain's first Prime Minister. But how did he rise to the top spot? And how did he stay there? Luckily Dr Robin Eagles @GeorgianLords explains all 👇 youtu.be/I_eJ7wX-ABQ
Parliamentary Leadership: Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister?
In the second of our videos on parliamentary leadership, Dr Robin Eagles explains the complex process by which Robert Walpole came to be considered the first Prime Minister and how he stayed at the…
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August 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Born #OTD 1676, Robert Walpole, the man generally thought of as Britain's first Prime Minister. But how did he rise to the top spot? And how did he stay there? Luckily Dr Robin Eagles @GeorgianLords explains all 👇 youtu.be/I_eJ7wX-ABQ
Really looking forward to this read.
19th Century grand strategy? Yes please.
19th Century grand strategy? Yes please.
August 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Really looking forward to this read.
19th Century grand strategy? Yes please.
19th Century grand strategy? Yes please.
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#OnThisDay 1836 Hansard gave an insight into some of the people who kept the 19thC House of Commons running, with a debate on the salaries of the door-keepers, waiting-room attendant and deputy house-keeper. For more on the 19thC Commons staff, see victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2021/07/26/h...
Half a century at the table: John Henry Ley and the staff of the House of Commons
Inspired by the #OnePlaceServants blogging prompt from the Society for One Place Studies, we turn our focus away from MPs to looking at the staff who kept the Palace of Westminster running, from th…
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June 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#OnThisDay 1836 Hansard gave an insight into some of the people who kept the 19thC House of Commons running, with a debate on the salaries of the door-keepers, waiting-room attendant and deputy house-keeper. For more on the 19thC Commons staff, see victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2021/07/26/h...
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'A Report of the Debate in the House of Commons ... on the Subject of an Union', is now up @virtualtreasury.bsky.social. Use the link below to explore two key debates on the Union of Great Britain and Ireland. The debates took place in Jan. and Feb. 1800.
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Virtual Treasury
Virtual Treasury
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June 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
'A Report of the Debate in the House of Commons ... on the Subject of an Union', is now up @virtualtreasury.bsky.social. Use the link below to explore two key debates on the Union of Great Britain and Ireland. The debates took place in Jan. and Feb. 1800.
virtualtreasury.ie/item/PUB-PAR...
virtualtreasury.ie/item/PUB-PAR...
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The 1832 Reform Act received royal assent #OnThisDay 1832. This blog from our editor Philip Salmon provides an overview of the Act’s significance and legacy: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2022/06/07/1...
190th Anniversary of the 1832 Reform Act
For a 20 minute talk about the Reform Act by Dr Philip Salmon please click here. This month marks the 190th anniversary of the passing of the 1832 Reform Act, one of the iconic milestones in modern…
victoriancommons.wordpress.com
June 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The 1832 Reform Act received royal assent #OnThisDay 1832. This blog from our editor Philip Salmon provides an overview of the Act’s significance and legacy: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2022/06/07/1...
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I’ve submitted the manuscript for my edited collection on Siege Warfare!
Massive thanks to my incredible authors, including @amikaberidze.bsky.social
Silvia Gregorio Sainz, @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social
@marksthompson.bsky.social Andrew Bamford who commissioned it & Rob Griffith at Helion
Massive thanks to my incredible authors, including @amikaberidze.bsky.social
Silvia Gregorio Sainz, @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social
@marksthompson.bsky.social Andrew Bamford who commissioned it & Rob Griffith at Helion
April 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I’ve submitted the manuscript for my edited collection on Siege Warfare!
Massive thanks to my incredible authors, including @amikaberidze.bsky.social
Silvia Gregorio Sainz, @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social
@marksthompson.bsky.social Andrew Bamford who commissioned it & Rob Griffith at Helion
Massive thanks to my incredible authors, including @amikaberidze.bsky.social
Silvia Gregorio Sainz, @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social
@marksthompson.bsky.social Andrew Bamford who commissioned it & Rob Griffith at Helion
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The Bodleian First Folio
Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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April 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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April 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🍁 Canadian Publishers.
🍁 Canadian Authors.
🍁 Printing in Canada.
🍁 Warehoused in Canada, Employing Canadian Distributors.
Read Completely 🍁Canadian Books.
🍁 Canadian Authors.
🍁 Printing in Canada.
🍁 Warehoused in Canada, Employing Canadian Distributors.
Read Completely 🍁Canadian Books.
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#OTD 1721 Robert Walpole became First Lord of the Treasury, assuming the title 'Prime Minister' for the first time.
In this article on the #HistParl website, Dr Robin Eagles
(@georgianlords.bsky.social) explored Walpole's rise to power:
historyofparliament.com/2021/04/03/s...
In this article on the #HistParl website, Dr Robin Eagles
(@georgianlords.bsky.social) explored Walpole's rise to power:
historyofparliament.com/2021/04/03/s...
A family affair? Sir Robert Walpole and the ‘Robinocracy’, 1721-1742 - The History of Parliament
April 3 marks the 300th anniversary of Robert Walpole becoming first lord of the treasury and, with it, assuming the title 'Prime Minister' for the first
historyofparliament.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
#OTD 1721 Robert Walpole became First Lord of the Treasury, assuming the title 'Prime Minister' for the first time.
In this article on the #HistParl website, Dr Robin Eagles
(@georgianlords.bsky.social) explored Walpole's rise to power:
historyofparliament.com/2021/04/03/s...
In this article on the #HistParl website, Dr Robin Eagles
(@georgianlords.bsky.social) explored Walpole's rise to power:
historyofparliament.com/2021/04/03/s...
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One of the most important spies of the Cold War. Oleg Gordievsky has died. A KGB officer who spied for MI6, he supplied vital intelligence that helped manage tensions between the West and the Soviet Union in the 80s.
March 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
One of the most important spies of the Cold War. Oleg Gordievsky has died. A KGB officer who spied for MI6, he supplied vital intelligence that helped manage tensions between the West and the Soviet Union in the 80s.
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Our #1832AtoZ continues with K for King William IV. As our ‘Victorian Commons’ project starts with the 1832 election, it also covers part of his reign. He makes an appearance in this post discussing the prorogations of Parliament in 1834. victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2021/06/22/f...
Four prorogations and a conflagration: Parliament and its buildings in 1834
Continuing our series on the different buildings occupied by the House of Commons between 1832 and 1868, this blog looks at the makeshift arrangements made for the prorogation in the aftermath of t…
victoriancommons.wordpress.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Our #1832AtoZ continues with K for King William IV. As our ‘Victorian Commons’ project starts with the 1832 election, it also covers part of his reign. He makes an appearance in this post discussing the prorogations of Parliament in 1834. victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2021/06/22/f...
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#OnThisDay 1835 the Commons appointed a committee to consider the provision of a new building for Parliament in the wake of the October 1834 fire. Find out more about that event in our blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/p...
Parliament destroyed by fire
On 16 October 1834 an immense fire started by the over-zealous burning of waste took hold in the old Palace of Westminster, completely destroying the medieval Commons and Lords chambers as well as …
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March 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#OnThisDay 1835 the Commons appointed a committee to consider the provision of a new building for Parliament in the wake of the October 1834 fire. Find out more about that event in our blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/p...
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Register to join us on Friday 14th March at Warwick for our conference ‘Lived Experiences of the Westminster Parliament in History: People, sociability, communities and space’ organised by myself and @chloechallender.bsky.social with support from @emeccwarwick.bsky.social and History of Parliament
This conference on 14 March at University of Warwick looks excellent. And its free! Congrats @brendantam.bsky.social & @chloechallender.bsky.social on organising a great line up. Find out more here: historyofparliament.com/2025/02/13/c... @victoriancommons.bsky.social @georgianlords.bsky.social
Lived experiences of the Westminster Parliament in history: People, sociability, communities and space - The History of Parliament
On Friday 14 March 2025, a one-day conference, Lived Experiences of Westminster Parliament in History: People, Sociability, Communities, & Space, will be
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February 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Register to join us on Friday 14th March at Warwick for our conference ‘Lived Experiences of the Westminster Parliament in History: People, sociability, communities and space’ organised by myself and @chloechallender.bsky.social with support from @emeccwarwick.bsky.social and History of Parliament
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We are excited to advertise that we will be convening alongside the University of Worcester's CRJ Research Group this upcoming conference on 'The Impeachment of Warren Hastings The First Governor General of India'!
It is free to attend, taking place on the 3-4 July:
It is free to attend, taking place on the 3-4 July:
February 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We are excited to advertise that we will be convening alongside the University of Worcester's CRJ Research Group this upcoming conference on 'The Impeachment of Warren Hastings The First Governor General of India'!
It is free to attend, taking place on the 3-4 July:
It is free to attend, taking place on the 3-4 July:
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Funded PhD opportunity with the University of Sheffield and the History of Parliament on Irish MPs in the 19th century House of Commons. Application deadline 5 March 2025. For further details, see the links here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/n...
NEW PhD Studentship on Irish MPs available
The University of Sheffield and the History of Parliament are offering a fully-paid PhD studentship on Irish MPs in the Victorian Commons. Deadline for applications: 5 March 2025. Full details of t…
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February 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Funded PhD opportunity with the University of Sheffield and the History of Parliament on Irish MPs in the 19th century House of Commons. Application deadline 5 March 2025. For further details, see the links here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/n...