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 | | It is, however, in Venice, that the origins of modern diplomacy are to be sought.1 So early as the 13th century the republic, with a view to safeguarding the public interests, began to lay down a series of rules for the conduct of its ambassadors. |
 | | In the middle ages diplomacy was practically a monopoly of the clergy, who as a class alone possessed the necessary qualifications: and in later times, when learning had spread to the laity as ~ell, there were still potent reasons why the clergy should continue to be employed as diplomatic agents. |
 | | They were professional in the sense that, for the most part, diplomacy was the main occupation of their lives; there was, however, no graded diplomatic service in which, as nt present, it was possible to rise on a fixed system from the position of simpe attache to that of minister and ambassador. |
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