The Burgundian Herald and War at the End of the Middle Ages

The herald plays a major role in medieval war-making This character is mostly known as carrier of war declaration affidavits or through his role as peace announcer, but his role on the battlefield as dispatch rider, liaison officer between army command and troops or as intelligence agent is not to be ignored. The example of the Burgundian herald at the end of the Middle-Ages illustrates the wide range of missions they get assigned in the fields of the Duke's diplomacy, of military campaigns, or, more marginally, in the area of spying and underground diplomacy.