Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Intercourse between regions and cities during the Merovingian period -- Chapter II. The State of Commerce -- Chapter III. Colonisation of Romania by Barbarians -- Chapter IV. Christianization -- Chapter V. Pilgrimages -- Chapter VI. Unity of Romania -- Chapter VII. Breaking up of the Unity of Romania -- Chapter VIII. Regional Characteristics of the Latin language -- Chapter IX. Linguistic features evolved in common in the West -- Chapter X. Recent origin of important linguistic features characterizing French, Italian and Spanish -- Chapter XI. Failure of all attempts at finding proofs of early dialectalization -- Chapter XII. Professor Menéndez Pidal's theory -- Chapter XIII. Statement of the problem of Romance linguistics and social reasons underlying it -- Chapter XIV. Effects of the social conditions on French linguistics -- Chapter XV. General considerations on the consequences of the triumph of the so-called democratic spirit in France -- Chapter XVI. The situation in Italy -- Chapter XVII. The situation in Spain -- Conclusion -- Errata