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allowed intermarriages between the Moors and the Asturias, where these exogamous marriages served to create a "network of social affection" among different kinships, despite being in line with "fundamental role" of contemporary in the medieval world as "peaceweaving instruments" and Christian ideology, was never accepted by the Church.
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The political and military frontier on the Iberian Peninsula of the time, dividing different religio-ethnic communities, was porous, among other, for inter-faith marriages and the political alliances. However, practices such as Mauregato's, who forged amicable relationships with the Moors, and who
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Basic narrative started evolving around King Mauregatus' amicable relationships with the Moors, who was assassinated by revolting counts Arias and Oveco in 788, in revenge for granting the Moors such a repulsive tribute. His successor,
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There is an implicit attack on the licentiousness of the Moors in this myth, specifically in that what is being demanded was
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the Usurper (783–789), who, according to a narrative, have usurped the throne rightfully belonging to his nephew
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and killed the Moorish Captain Mugait, thus achieving his goal: no more tribute. The next king,
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saved the Asturians, claims that as a result the Spaniards owed annual tribute to the
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Thus, the origin of the myth of tribute is placed in the reign of
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around 1150. This text, which describes the mythical
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ideology. The legend rests on a narrative of annual
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