I mean, Medieval English villages had violence, we have court records of it. People got drunk and got in fights, threatened to burn a neighbors house down, and all sorts of other reasons why people turn to violence that Hobbits seem to do only under extreme circumstances, like being under the influence of The One Ring as you point out.
it is surprising to find times of no violence, not times of violence. The history of the British Isles is filled with raiders and tribal conflicts, armies and their Lords. Peasants lived on the lands of their masters, while traders and pirates roamed.
