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Historian Tom Buchanan notes that in parts of the British public at the time, " Cruelty and violence were thought to be ' old Spanish customs ' — due in equal parts to the legacy of the Inquisition and the bull-ring.

Consul-General King of Barcelona believed that the " atrocities " in Spain were proof that ' the Spaniards are-for the most part-still a race of blood-thirsty savages, with a thin veneer in times of peace '.