For 10 points, in what war did Florence Nightingale pioneer modern battlefield nursing?
A.J.P. Taylor argued against the thesis that this war originated from religious conflict, instead positing it as originating with "mutual fear" and inaugurating a "liberal era." A biography of a person who worked during this war quotes Dante's line "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" before describing a hospital tour with John Macdonald of The Times. A new form of foot amputation was developed during this war by a doctor who became the first to use plaster casts on mass casualties. During this war, the "British Hotel" was set up by (*) Mary Seacole. A woman who came to prominence working during this war is the only female profiled in Eminent Victorians. Soldiers during this war would refer to one woman who helped them as "The Lady with the Lamp." For 10 points, in what war did Florence Nightingale pioneer modern battlefield nursing?
A.J.P. Taylor argued against the thesis that this war originated from religious conflict, instead positing it as originating with "mutual fear" and inaugurating a "liberal era."
Crimean War