Patriotic Love

After studying Elizabeth's era and her ruling tactics/interactions with the court, and realizing just how good she was at manipulating those around her into doing what she pleased, I'm wondering just how much those around her actually liked her. From the modern viewpoint, I can't think of any politician that was loved by everyone, and I would assume that there was a group that was less than thrilled with Queen Elizabeth as well, but we never read anything from their point of view. There is nothing that we saw that condemned Elizabeth's political decisions, even thought there was plenty of things to question. Things like massacring Catholics or remaining unmarried, these controversial topics receive no attention. 

One reason I can think of for these topics to remain taboo is fear of Elizabeth. Knowing that if someone was to speak out against the Queen, they could be the next ones sent to prison or beheaded. Which, going on Elizabeth's tract record, would be a legitimate fear. Also, maybe people did think about these controversies; however, the great condition of their country lead them to keep quiet. England was having it's finest hour, it was the Golden Age; if people saw the prosperity of their country they would be more inclined to accept whatever 'faults' they deemed Elizabeth to have. I would suggest that if England hadn't been in such great shape during Elizabeth's time, there would probably be more negative literature about her from that time period.