Jabarkan Lambang dari Joseph II, Kaisar Romawi Suci

Beales, Derek (2005). Enlightenment and Reform in Eighteenth-Century Europe.

Bernard, Paul P. The Limits of Enlightenment: Joseph II and the Law (1979)

Blanning, T. C. W. Joseph II (1994), 228 pp; 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 Today, 1991 41 (March): pp. 21–27.  Fulltext: Ebsco online.

Macek, Bernhard A. Die Kroenung Josephs II. in Frankfurt am Main. Logistisches Meisterwerk, zeremonielle Glanzleistung und Kulturgueter fuer die Ewigkeit (2010) .

McHugh, James T. "Last of the enlightened despots: A comparison of President Mikhail Gorbachev and Emperor Joseph II." Social Science Journal 32.1 (1995): 69-85

Vovk, Justin C. (2010). In Destiny's Hands: Five Tragic Rulers, Children of Maria Theresa. iUniverse: Bloomington, Ind.

Wilson, Peter H. Absolutism in Central Europe (2000) online edition

Collectio ordinationum imperatoris Josephi II-i et repraesentationum diversorum regni Hungariae comitatuum Pars 1. Dioszeg: Paul Medgyes, 1790. 318 p. - available at ULB's Digital Library

Constituta regia quae regnante August, Imperatore et rege Apostol. Josepho II. politicorum Pars 1., 2. (1.) De publicorum negotiorum administratione, (2.) De Politia .... Viennae: Kurzbek, 1788. 397 s. - available at ULB's Digital Library