Torres never denied that his historiography was ideologically engaged, though he consistently sought to apply critical judgment in his work.

Flausino Torres abruptly left Lisbon in 1947 after inheriting an estate in Tondela, where he resumed his work as a secondary school teacher at the Colégio Tomás Ribeiro while frequently contributing to opposition journals and newspapers such as Ver e Crer , A República , and Independência de Águeda . He also continued writing for academic journals, where he developed his vision of history, often opposing the perspectives of other Portuguese historians. In the Revista de Economia [Journal of Economics], for instance, he published a critical review of História Económica e Social da Expansão Portuguesa [Economic and Social History of the Portuguese Expansion] by Vitorino Magalhães Godinho, where he criticised the insufficient focus on the lower classes—particularly for a book that claims to be a social history. He questioned, “Why, when referring to Ceuta, is there no mention of the dominated classes or their condition in relation to the city's commercial bourgeoisie?” ( Revista de Economia , Vol. I, Fascicle II, 1948, p. 112). He also asked, “He constantly mentions ‘bourgeoisie,’ ‘knights,’ ‘nobles,’ ‘gentlemen,’ and ‘people’; why not define what is meant by these terms?” ( Ibid. , p. 113). These comments reflect Torres’s deep commitment to addressing the neglected role of the working classes in history. The Portuguese people, for whom the class struggle was an inescapable reality: in an article in Vértice titled “A propósito da história do povo português” [On the History of the Portuguese People], he interprets the Revolution of 1383–1385 as a conflict where, “on one side are the Portuguese fighting for national independence and for the victory of their class – the two struggles intertwine – and on the other, the nobility and the high clergy, while the poor preface writer speaks of Portugal as a unified body” ( Vértice , Volume XXIV, July-August 1964, p. 416). Here, he criticises the perspective presented in the preface to the História de Portugal [History of Portugal], directed by Damião Peres. He aligns himself with Álvaro Cunhal’s view in As Lutas de Classes em Portugal nos fins da Idade Média [Class Struggles in Portugal at the End of the Middle Ages], supporting the notion of the importance of social classes in history and the revolutionary dynamics of Portuguese history.

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