The Armada’s defeat broke Philip’s health through anxiety

Evidence

That Philip faced the bad news, as it came in, with dignity and constancy one can well believe, though there are limits to the constancy that can be expected of any human frame. He was seriously ill that autumn – an illness in the opinion of the diplomatic corps brought on, or at least aggravated, by anxiety and disappointment. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 876

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 876
• XREF: connects to: Defeat roused Philip from a trance induced by Mary Stuart’s death — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 883; Philip resolved to rebuild the Armada within weeks of defeat — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 877; The defeat jolted Philip out of a trance into renewed caution — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 883

Library Connections

• The defeat jolted Philip out of a trance into renewed caution #complicates (0.75) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 883