Joseph II/Bibliography

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• Beales, Derek. Joseph II vol 1: In the shadow of Maria Theresa, 1741-1780, (1987).
• Beales, Derek. "The false Joseph II", Historical Journal, 18 (1975), 467-95. in JSTOR
• Beales, Derek. Enlightenment and Reform in Eighteenth-Century Europe. (2005). 326 pp.
• Beales, Derek. Enlightenment and Reform in Eighteenth-Century Europe (2005), 256pp excerpt and text search
• Bernard, Paul P. The Limits of Enlightenment: Joseph II and the Law (1979),
• Blanning, T. C. W. Joseph II (1994). 228pp; a short scholarly biography
• Blanning, T. C. W. Joseph II and Enlightened Despotism (1984).
• Bright, James Franck. Joseph II, (1897) 222 pp full text online
• Dickson, P. G. M. "Joseph II's Reshaping of the Austrian Church," The Historical Journal, Vol. 36, No. 1. (Mar., 1993), pp. 89-114. in JSTOR
• Henderson, Nicholas. "Joseph II", History Today1991 41(March): 21-27. ISSN: 0018-2753 Fulltext: Ebsco
• McHugh, James T. "Last of the Enlightened Despots: a Comparison of President Mikhail Gorbachev and Emperor Joseph II." Social Science Journal 1995 32(1): 69-85. Issn: 0362-3319 Fulltext: Ebsco
• Padover, Saul K. The Revolutionary Emperor, Joseph the Second, 1741-1790 (1934), 414pp; a standard scholarly biography online edition
• Wilson, Peter H. Absolutism in Central Europe (2000) online edition