Romanticism is the artistic and literary movement that happened in the 18th century. Romanticism affected other ideologies in its days such as nationalism, liberalism, and conservatism. Romanticism related closer to nationalism than any other ideology. Romantics had an interest in the cultural, literary, and historical roots of national identity. In Poland and the Balkans, romantic writers and artists helped nationalists create a common culture and a history of their nations. One romantic composer of Polish descent, Frederic Chopin, directed his audience towards Polish nationalists by writing on native polish dances for his works on the piano. Another Polish native and also a romantic poet wrote The Books of the Polish Nation, which no longer