# The City Livery Companies

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Tim Connell
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/city-livery-companies)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Trade and craft associations have flourished all over Europe for many centuries, but the City of London companies, now collectively known as the Livery, are unique in their survival, number and diversity. The social and economic conditions which gave birth to the original guilds have long since been overtaken by the development of industry and commerce, but the livery companies still flourish today as living institutions.

## Lectures

1. [The City Livery Companies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/city-livery-companies/273172c44444) (YouTube)