Vessels built by these people utilized the clinker method.
The lowest class in these people's society were slaves known as thralls. These people encountered indigenous people they called "skraelings" on their most far-flung expedition. Vessels built by these people utilized the clinker method. The personal bodyguard of the Byzantine emperor was made up of six thousand of these people called Varangians. Their sack of the abbey of Lindisfarne shocked contemporary observers. The remains of one of their settlements can be found at L'Anse Aux-Meadows on the northern tip of Newfoundland in Vinland, which was reached by Leif Erikson. These people settled Iceland and Greenland. For 10 points, name these Scandinavian seafarers.
The lowest class in these people's society were slaves known as thralls.
Vikings [prompt on Scandinavians; prompt on Norsemen; anti-prompt on Varangians before mentioned]