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In 1321, a huge wave of hysteria sweeps France as a coalition of Jews, Lepers, and Muslims were thought to be poisoning the wells of France and Germany to infect and weaken all of Christendom.

The plot spread through the fear of the masses, the general distrust of Jews and lepers, and through a spread of illness through France. The weird part is that Jews were also getting sick, but many chose to overlook that fact.

The outcome was that the King of France, Phillip V, was able to collects around £150,000 in fines from blaming the Jews for such blood libels and well poisonings.

The prince is able to double his income through heavy taxation, fines, and blames put on the Jews. The idea was to maintain a balance between soaking the Jews for all the money they had, but not to go too far as to cause widespread panic and pogroms. Money was good, disorder was bad.