Stanley G. Payne
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Oct 5, 2026
Karl DahlGUEST
And that's where it's really important to kind of, you know, expand and not just take what the current like supposed authoritative material is off of the shelf so that you can get some insights into a topic that's a lot more complicated.
Karl DahlGUEST
Stanley Payne specifically, I know that you've mentioned, and he's like the English language specialist on this topic, and very few people have read Stanley Payne, which is a shame.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
Yeah.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
Beevor, even though he has obvious leanings towards the left and especially the libertarian left in Spain, he does a really good job of laying out the facts of what happened.
Karl DahlGUEST
And you don't see this kind of information in, uh, so many of the English language sources.
Karl DahlGUEST
Uh, Stanley Payne's an exception.
Karl DahlGUEST
But, uh, you know, the big boys, Bevoir, Preston, Thomas, et cetera, aren't gonna bring you the material that we have here, which is, uh, taken from very good sources that can be found all over the internet in Spanish, um, that Morgor has translated for us, uh, with an introduction.
Karl DahlGUEST
His motivation for this was, uh, when Charlie Kirk was shot, uh, he immediately was like, "You know, there's elements that are related to this," but he agreed with me, which is that, you know, Charlie Kirk is gonna be a martyr figure, and he's an early, like you said, Pete, warning of where this is gonna go if we don't change direction.
Karl DahlGUEST
Um, and, and that's r- it's really important to kind of, you know, expand and, and not just take what the, the current, like, supposed authoritative material is, um, off of the, the shelf so that you can get some insights in, into a topic that's a lot more complicated.
Karl DahlGUEST
Stanley Payne specifically I know that you've mentioned, and he's like the, the English language specialist on this topic, and very few people have read Stanley Payne, which is a shame.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
Yeah.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
Uh, Beevor, even though he has, uh, obvious leanings towards the, the left, and especially the libertarian left in Spain, um, he does a really good job of laying out the facts of what happened, and then obviously Payne is the, uh, Payne is the guy.
Karl DahlGUEST
You have to, you have to deal with the reality of, uh, the people and you don't see this kind of information in, uh, so many of the English language sources.
Karl DahlGUEST
Uh, Stanley Payne's an exception, but, uh, you know, the big boys, Bevoir, Preston, Thomas, et cetera, aren't gonna bring you the material that we have here, which is, uh, taken from very good sources that can be found all over the internet in Spanish, um, that Morgor has translated for us, uh, with an introduction.
Karl DahlGUEST
His motivation for this was, uh, when Charley Kirk was shot, uh, he immediately was like, you know, there's elements that are related to this, but he agreed with me, which is that, you know, Charley Kirk is gonna be a martyr figure and he's an early, like you said, Pete, warning of where this is gonna go if we don't change direction, and the direction change has to be done by the government.
Karl DahlGUEST
And we have a, the, you know, Trump and his people in the administration right now.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
Always a strong Catholic, his faith became far more profound under these conditions.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
In the words of Stanley Payne, a noted historian of Spain, his thoughts turned more to religion than at any previous time in his life.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
Franco's practice of almost daily devotions dated from these months.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
This intensified religious life in turn contributed to what eventually became a sense of mission.
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Pete QuiñonesHOST
Bishops and cardinals must be shot.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
But as ever, the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the Church.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
In the word of Stanley Payne, one of the few historians of the Spanish Civil War, not largely or entirely blinded by anti-Catholic prejudice, quoting, It was above all the outbreak of violent mass revolution in the Republican zone, with its church burnings, economic appropriations, and many thousands of murders that quickly rallied the more conservative half of the Spanish population to the nationalist cause.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
Almost equally important was the identification of the revolt with religion, which soon began to convert the revolt into an official crusade and provided its primal cultural, emotional, and spiritual support.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
Always a strong Catholic, his faith became far more profound under these conditions.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
In the words of Stanley Payne, a noted historian of Spain, his thoughts turned more to religion than at any previous time in his life.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
Franco's practice of almost daily devotions dated from these months.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
This intensified religious life in turn contributed to what eventually became a sense of mission.
2 HRS 33 MINS LATER
Pete QuiñonesHOST
Bishops and cardinals must be shot.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
But as ever, the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the Church.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
In the word of Stanley Payne, one of the few historians of the Spanish Civil War, not largely or entirely blinded by anti-Catholic prejudice, quoting, It was above all the outbreak of violent mass revolution in the Republican zone, with its church burnings, economic appropriations, and many thousands of murders that quickly rallied the more conservative half of the Spanish population to the nationalist cause.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
Almost equally important was the identification of the revolt with religion, which soon began to convert the revolt into an official crusade and provided its primal cultural, emotional, and spiritual support.