Well, yeah. In most of historical warfare, noblemen fought noblemen, yeomen fought yeomen, and peasants fought peasants. When English yeoman archers fired on ad

Well, yeah. In most of historical warfare, noblemen fought noblemen, yeomen fought yeomen, and peasants fought peasants. When English yeoman archers fired on advancing French cavalry (noblemen) at Agincourt, it was considered awfully bad form. Swords were expensive things, you needed money to own one. And there were many laws restricting who was allowed to carry a sword and who wasn't.