... (as Queen she dealt with other monarchs) Marriage and Succession. Though people may have felt she was taking too much for herself they ultimately respected her. There were no political parties so no party politics, the only connections that can be seen were those of patrons and clients (for example the Earl of Essex had over 30MPs as clients in the 1590's) but even these had nothing in common with modern day party politics. It is also seen that Burghley had some servants in each parliament to keep an eye on what was going on but these did not make up a party in the modern meaning. How historians have approached the topic. Whig historians claim that although Elizabeth's rein saw the first steps towards the Civil War they see that the struggle between Crown and Commons began after 1603. It was to be expected that the main area of research was focused on ...

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