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Choose three examples to show the contribution of culture to the growth of nationalism in Europe.  

Answer:

Examples of contribution of culture to the growth of nationalism in Europe are   (i) The idea of a nation can be created through stories, poets and writings. Music too can help in expressing nationalist feelings or sentiments.   (ii) Romanticism, a cultural movement which emerged in Europe, sought to develop a particular form of nationalist sentiments or national feelings. The main aim of romantic artists was to create a sense of a shared collective heritage and a common cultural past.   (iii) Language also played an important role in developing the national sentiments or nationalist feeling, e.g., in Poland, language began to be used as a weapon of national resistance. The wide scale use of Polish language came to be seen as a symbol of struggle against national dominance.