Frederick William: References & Edit History
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Herman von Petersdorff, Der Grosse Kurfürst, new ed. (1939), the standard biography, now in need of revision; Ferdinand Schevill, The Great Elector (1947), the best account in English; Francis Ludwig Carsten, The Origins of Prussia (1954), deals with the social and economic problems of the Elector’s reign; Gerhard Oestreich, “Friedrich Wilhelm (Grosser Kurfürst),” in Neue Deutsche Biographie, vol. 5 (1961), contains a very complete bibliography.
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