Discounting the historical Assassins, in medieval Western Eurasia (Europe+Sunni Islamic world) how were spies and assassins trained?
Was it just "hire somebody to poison X" or "pay off chancellor Y to pass us stuff" or were there systematic attempts to create/train groups of espionage-capable people? I guess something like a medieval analogue of our modern espionage services?
If there wasn't, why not? If there was, can you suggest some reading about it?
Was it just "hire somebody to poison X" or "pay off chancellor Y to pass us stuff" or were there systematic attempts to create/train groups of espionage-capable people? I guess something like a medieval analogue of our modern espionage services?
If there wasn't, why not? If there was, can you suggest some reading about it?