). ▁It ▁gained ▁particular ▁currency ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁inter vention ▁of ▁Henry ▁III ▁of ▁England , ▁who ▁ordered ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁the ▁Cop ing , ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁' conf ess ', ▁and ▁a ▁further ▁ 9 1 ▁Jews ▁to ▁be ▁arrested , ▁leading ▁to ▁ 1 8 ▁being ▁executed . ▁Nevertheless , ▁the ▁rest ▁were ▁released ▁despite ▁their ▁conv iction , ▁after ▁mon ks ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁Richard ▁inter ced ed . ▁ ▁One ▁example ▁of ▁Christian ▁host ility ▁towards ▁Jews ▁is ▁the ▁Acc us ation ▁of ▁R it ual ▁Mur der ▁at ▁Blo is . ▁The ▁story ▁follows ▁a ▁Jewish ▁man ▁and ▁a ▁Christian ▁servant ▁water ing ▁their ▁horses ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁b end ▁in ▁a ▁river . ▁The ▁Jewish ▁man ▁accident ally ▁sc ared ▁the ▁Christian ' s ▁horse ▁with ▁the ▁white ▁corner ▁of ▁his ▁unders h irt ▁and ▁the ▁servant ▁rode ▁away , ▁ups et ▁about ▁the ▁fright ened ▁be ast , ▁and ▁told ▁his ▁master ▁he ▁saw ▁the ▁Jew ▁throw ▁a ▁child ▁in ▁the ▁river . ▁The ▁Christian ▁master , ▁who ▁h ated ▁Jews , ▁took ▁this ▁opportunity ▁and ▁had ▁the ▁Jew ▁un law fully ▁accused ▁of ▁murder . ▁The ▁Christians ▁took ▁the ▁man , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁Jews ▁who ▁had ▁tried ▁to ▁free ▁him , ▁be ating ▁and ▁tort uring ▁them ▁in ▁the ▁effort ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁abandon ▁their ▁religion . ▁To ▁no ▁avail , ▁the ▁Jews ▁were ▁burn ed ▁alive . ▁ ▁In ▁some ▁cases , ▁the ▁authorities ▁spoke ▁against ▁the ▁accus ations , ▁for ▁example