Social-Historical Background
Books
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Schmöe, Hermann. 800 Jahre Kirchspiel Petzen: Berenbusch, Evesen, Nordholz, Petzen, Röcke 1181-1981 (English title translation: "800 Years of the Parish of Petzen : Berenbusch, Evesen, Nordholz, Petzen, Röcke 1181–1981"), Library holdings: Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek, Hannover]
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Pictures of German Life in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, vol. 1, Gustav Freytag, Translated by Mrs. Malcolm, on Gutenberg.org
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Pictures of German Life in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, vol. 2, Gustav Freytag, Translated by Mrs. Malcolm, on Gutenberg.org
Articles
From Peasant Society to Class Society: Some Aspects of Family and Class in a Northwest German Protoindustrial Parish, 17th-19th Centuries, Journal of Family History, Vol. 17, Issue 2, April 1992.