Why did the languages French, Italian, and Spanish develop from Latin? And how did this process take place? These are important questions for students of Romance studies and their individual philologies. Georg Kaiser answers them clearly and comprehensively.

The focus is on the development of the Romance languages from Vulgar Latin. Additionally, the spread of these languages throughout the world is explained. The linguistic history of French, Italian, and Spanish is presented in an illustrative and well-founded manner. However, readers do not need to have knowledge of Latin.