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online doctor.com to find out more. Hello and welcome to a History of Europe Key Battles podcast.

This is the Crimean War of 1853 to 1856, part one of four.

Thank you. 56, Part 1 of 4. I'm From the beginning of history until the 19th century, the reporting of military battles had always been rather patchy, and often biased in favour of the victor.

Also for contemporaries involved in the fighting, news of events on the

battlefield could often take a long time to reach back to the capital and the political leaders.

And as for public opinion, what it had scarcely existed at all.

All that changed in the 19th century with the rapid

improvement of roads, invention of railways and telegraphy and the great expansion

of printing and the press. The Crimean War of 1853 to 56 was the first major war on European soil which was photographed

and where independent journalists sent regular correspondents back home to the public,

who quickly developed an insatiable appetite for the latest news on events.

The consequences were profound, as governments could no longer depend on their traditional

methods of propaganda, and had to become much more responsive to the public mood which suddenly

became far more volatile. The spark for the Crimean War was a question of national pride,

perhaps surprisingly in an ever more secular world,

centered on religion, specifically the main door of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem.

By a tradition established over the centuries, the key to the door was held by monks of the Eastern or Orthodox branch of the Christian Church.

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