On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That did not work out well in pre-modern Japan where the samurai carried > swords. There were severe penalties for using them. Granted it was safer > than most other medieval societies, especially for women travelling alone. Well, it *was* fiction; but, when I said everyone carried weapons, it included women. IIRC, they were some of the fiercest fighters.
