re: If you were a king in the Middle Ages, how would you consolidate power

Why are we having a thread on this, and no mention of tGOAT king

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don't forget his older brother's death . . . and the unanswerable question of if he did the deed with Catherine of Aragon

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Arthur's death had to happen for him to take the throne but in the end, did it really matter if Catherine consummated with him? No one seriously believed Henry's marriage was invalid and there was scant legal authority to annul it in any case. Henry was always going to make a way to annul it regardless. You think the consummation question really mattered?