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* Blanning, T. C. W. ''Joseph II and Enlightened Despotism'' (1984).
* Bright, James Franck. ''Joseph II,'' (1897) 222 pp [httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=4i82AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Franck+inauthor:Bright&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0 full text online]
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* Henderson, Nicholas. "Joseph II", ''History Today''1991 41(March): 21-27. ISSN: 0018-2753 Fulltext: [[Ebsco]]