Philip’s grand building project actually concealed a private retreat for himself
Evidence
Monastery, palace and tomb prove only so many masks concealing a retreat, a refuge, almost a hiding-place. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 162
Categorization
- SEED: A portrait essay angle: the absolutist ruler whose monuments mask a man hiding from the world — the Escurial as a walk-in panic room.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 162
- XREF: connects to: Philip’s Escurial hid a private retreat at its heart — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 162
Library Connections
- Philip’s Escurial hid a private retreat at its heart
#corroborates(0.95) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 162