His protracted efforts were, in the long run, partly successful; however, the same counter-reformational impulse had a much more benign expression thirty years earlier in Philip's decision to build the complex at El Escorial.
His protracted efforts were partly successful. This was in the long run. The same counter-reformational impulse had a much more benign expression thirty years earlier in Philip's decision to build the complex at El Escorial. This was however.