Joseph II, Kaisar Romawi Suci

Joseph Benedikt August Johannes Anton Michael Adam (13 Maret 1741 – 20 Februari 1790) adalah Kaisar Romawi Suci dari tahun 1765 hingga 1790 dan penguasa Monarki Habsburg dari tahun 1780 hingga 1790. Ia adalah putra tertua Maria Theresa dari Austria dan suaminya, Franz I.

Ia juga dikenal dengan berbagai nama: Jerman: Joseph II., Belanda: Jozef II, Italia: Giuseppe II, Ceko: Josef II, Slowakia: Jozef II, Slovenia: Jožef II Romania: Iosif al II-lea, Hungaria: II. József, Kroasia: Josip II., Polandia: Józef II.

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Bacaan lebih lanjut
 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

Pranala luar 

 The Austrians: A Thousand-Year Odyssey
 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

Kaisar Romawi Suci
Penguasa monarki Austria
Kelahiran 1741
Kematian 1790
Comte Flandria
Comte Hainaut
Adipati Brabant
Adipati Limburg
Adipati Luksemburg
Adipati Milan
Wangsa Habsburg-Lorraine
Raja Romawi
Ksatria Bulu Emas