Latin and the making of the Romance languages / Alberto Varvaro -- The transition from Latin to the Romance languages / Michel Banniard -- Periodization / Roger Wright -- Evidence and sources / Roger Wright -- Koines and Scriptae / Johannes Kabatek -- Contact and borrowing / Marius Sala -- The Romance languages in the Renaissance and after / Helena L. Sanson -- Geography and distribution of the Romance languages in Europe / Alvise Andreose and Lorenzo Renzi -- The sociology of the Romance languages / Alberto Varvaro -- Romance outside the Romania / Mari C. Jones and Christopher J. Pountain -- Creoles / Iris Bachmann.