alfreds early life\n1 alfred was the son of ethelwulf, king of the west saxons. he had a loving\nmother who…

alfreds early life\n1 alfred was the son of ethelwulf, king of the west saxons. he had a loving\nmother who raised him with great care. until the age of twelve, it is said, he was not\nable to read well, in spite of the efforts of his mother and others to teach him.\n2 when alfred was a boy there were no printed books. the wonderful art of\nprinting was not invented until about the year 1440, nearly six hundred years later than\nalfreds time. the art of making paper had not even been invented yet. consequently,\nthe few books in use in alfreds time were written by skillful penmen, who wrote\ngenerally on leaves of parchment, sheepskin carefully prepared so that it might retain\nink\n3 one day alfreds mother showed alfred and her other sons a beautiful book,\nwhich contained a number of the best saxon ballads. some of the words in this book\nwere written in brightly - colored letters, and pictures of colorfully - dressed knights and\nladies were painted on many of the pages.\nwhich detail from the passage supports the central idea that the danes were a constant\nsource of conflict for the saxons?\n○ \because of his brothers death, alfred became king.\ (paragraph 10)\n○ \alfred then determined to meet the pirates on their own territory, the sea.\\n(paragraph 12)\n○ \danes from denmark also continued to cross the sea and ravage the coast of\nsaxon england.\ (paragraph 12)\n○ \the newly formed army successfully ended the danish war on saxon england.\\n(paragraph 19)

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