parliament

• elizabeth's relationship with parliament wasn't personal as she wanted to be in control of her country
• parliament members were protestant
• parliament was fearful if they said something wrong as they would be arrested
• e.g. 1576 - puritan MP peter wentworth complained that MPs had no freedom of speech which got in arrested in the tower of london for a month
• it was difficult for her to be female leader as there was expectancy of a male heir to dominate
• was against marry a foreign heir as she wanted to protect england's security
• parliament was desperate for her to have a child and get married as they didnt want a catholic heir
• this led to many plots against her for someone to overthrow
• her difficulty to marry is a possible link for her childhood trauma