Overview
The job of an ambassador in the Middle Ages was peace since he was, "sacred because he acts for the general welfare." The idea of the ambassador was morphed in the Renaissance and it was during that time that modern diplomacy was born. The need for ambassadors was evident in Italy because of the close proximity of competing states and due to the large amount of war in the country. Because the safety of the states in Italy was often threatened by their neighbors they began to send a multitude of ambassadors to other states in order to draw up alliances or to extract useful information on the state. It was because of the frequent use of ambassadors that a common set of rules for how the ambassadors should be treated and how they were to conduct business. These rules are still largely in use today.
In the Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance the ambassador was highly valued as a man of Christendom and one who sought to better the public and to protect the welfare of everyone. However as individual states began to use them more and more the job of an ambassador change and became what it today, that is a man who does what it takes not to better the general public, but to better the country or state that sent him.
In the Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance the ambassador was highly valued as a man of Christendom and one who sought to better the public and to protect the welfare of everyone. However as individual states began to use them more and more the job of an ambassador change and became what it today, that is a man who does what it takes not to better the general public, but to better the country or state that sent him.