Georges Sorel
Following his resignation Monsaraz began to read the works of Georges Sorel and his disciple Georges Valois and soon became converted to national syndicalism as a result. He went on to become a leading figure in the "Movimento Nacional-Sindicalista", becoming Secretary-General of the blue-shirted movement in 1933. However Monsaraz was exiled to Republican Spain along with Francisco Rolão Preto in 1935 when António de Oliveira Salazar stepped up his persecution of the National Syndicalists.