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East Anglia, in the east of England, is a relatively independent geographical unit. As a traditional agricultural area that was relatively developed in medieval times, it had distinctive economic and social features that differed from those of typical feudal agricultural areas. In the process of Britain’s transformation from an agricultural society into an industrial one, East Anglia, on the basis of its own resources, traditions and strengths, kept exploring directions for the economic development of the region, following a zigzag path of “traditional agriculture→proto-industrialization→commercialized agriculture” and eventually finding the economic orientation that suited it. This process of the transformation of East Anglia reflects both the complexity of Britain’s rise and the diversity of paths from agricultural to industrial society.