The British Isles comprises two islands that are large and many other small islands. England has three mountainous areas in the southwest, west and north and two lowland areas in the east and southeast. The northern highland area includes the Pennine Range which is the backbone of England. The countryside which connects the British Isles regions has rich agricultural plains which have seen British Isles people producing their own food and even exporting the extra to the other parts of the world (Pulsipher and Alex, 30). The plains have made British Isles gain recognition worldwide over years as agricultural producers. Wales is mainly covered by Cambrian Mountains and its land is well known around the world to be suitable for pasture. The British Isles geography continues to take a vital role in its foreign currency conduct. Its resistance to adopt the Euro which is used by other members of the European Union was a clear indication of its attitude of separation. British Isles has played the spoiler role to German and French ambitions to achieve higher levels of unity. Even though Geography has contributed much to the history of England, it has not clearly enabled it to arrive at the internal unification level which the English people aimed to accomplish.
In the fifteenth century, England majorly dwelt on commerce which contributed much to the growth of its economy. The policies and provisions of Edward III provided a good environment for commercial activities and it is through these commercial activities that England connected to the world (McFarlane and Gerald 47). Apart from the staples, there was growth of the cloth-making industry which provided more goods for trade both within and outside England. During the century, there was rebirth of education i.e. renaissance where many educated writers and thinkers including Erasmus who was known as the great humanist came up. Trade and education, therefore, contributed much to the development of England in the fifteenth century enabling it to gain more recognition from other parts of the world. The scholars who came up at that time contributed much in terms of ideas which were implemented to transform England and by extension, British Isles.
Works cited
Pulsipher, Lydia, and Alex Pulsipher. World Regional Geography: Global Patterns, Local Lives. New York: W.H. Freeman & Company, 2011. Print.
McFarlane, Bruce, and Gerald, Harriss. England in the Fifteenth Century: Collected Essays. London: Hambledon press, 1981. Print.
