Literary notes about marshal (AI summary)
Literary usage of the word marshal spans a wide spectrum—from emblematic heraldic roles to commanding military figures and administrative officers. In some texts the marshal is a prestigious title associated with ceremonial order and tradition, as seen in detailed heraldic descriptions that include golden batons and other regalia ([1], [2], [3]). In other works the term signifies a high-ranking military leader who organizes troops, directs battles, and even faces the consequences of strategic errors on the field ([4], [5], [6], [7]). Yet in more domestic or bureaucratic narratives, a marshal assumes an administrative role, presiding over audits, maintaining local order, and even being possessed with the power to summon authority in social gatherings ([8], [9], [10]). This diverse employment underscores the word’s capacity to evoke images of order, leadership, and both the martial and civic spheres of power across literature ([11], [12]).
- The Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England places two batons of gold tipped with sable in saltire behind his arms.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - The escutcheon may be placed in front of the crosiers of a bishop, the batons of the Earl Marshal, or similar ornaments.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - Page 29 {29} After the Earl Marshal come the Kings of Arms, the Heralds of Arms, and the Pursuivants of Arms.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - The marshal’d pow’rs in equal troops divide To right and left; the gods his better side Inclose, and on the worse the Nymphs and Nereids ride.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil - The Marshal's fatal mistake was in using only half his army for the purpose.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I - Greece could yield, To marshal armies in the dusty field, The extended wings of battle to display, Or close the embodied host in firm array.
— from The Iliad by Homer - —French storm Tarragona, whereupon Suchet created Marshal.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I - On the fourth day the auditing of the marshal’s accounts took place at the high table of the marshal of the province.
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy - For each district there were appointed a council house for meetings twice a year, a judge, and a marshal.
— from Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney - The former marshal of the province was in a state of despair, which he could not conceal.
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy - He distinguished himself greatly in the wars of Charles VII., and was rewarded by that monarch with the dignity of a marshal of France.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay - Evidently for them “the marshal” represented a very high and rather mysterious power.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy
