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role in diplomacy

  • Taking prisoners
    In diplomacy: India

    …three categories of diplomats (plenipotentiaries, envoys entrusted with a single issue or mission, and royal messengers); a type of consular agent (similar to the Greek proxenos), who was charged with managing commercial relations and transactions; and two kinds of spies (those charged with the collection of intelligence and those…

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  • Taking prisoners
    In diplomacy: Diplomacy of the Roman Catholic Church

    This plenipotentiary could negotiate and conclude an agreement, but, unlike a nuncius, he could not represent his principal ceremonially. As a result, one emissary was often given both offices.

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