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Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne
Stereotypical as in representation through movies ect. ?
If so, then yes it seems like it was tolerated.
(But I doubt that there was a "right to bear arms" in most medieval societies)
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I'm hardly an expert, but I don't think commoners were often armed in medieval times. Swords were pretty much the mark of a knight or mercenary.
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Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne
Mind you that there is a constant war going on in Tolkien's work, stuff like that has a tendency to heighten peoples tolerance of public display of weapons ...
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There was no war in Valinor though, and no obvious enemy from which Fëanor should have felt the need to arm himself against. The lies of Melkor induced Fëanor to see enemies even when they weren't there.