Vikings in the middle ages were known to trade, explore, raid and settle . to be assimilated into the rest of Christian Europe, which influenced the ideals of the Scandinavian rulers.
<h3>Explanation: Slaves from the north were free and encouraged to take arm in fighting their former masters {the south} as their former masters did not want to free them as they were the source for food production. The slaves then wanted to be free so some of them escaped from the south and went to the north in search of freedom.</h3>
