See EXCOMMUNICATIONS.
INTERIM OF CHARLES V., The.
See GERMANY: A. D. 1546-1552.
"INTERNATIONAL," The.
"The year of the London Exhibition, and under the auspices of
the Emperor Napoleon III., a number of Paris working-men
visited the English capital. They were welcomed by a London
Committee of artisans, and on this occasion the wish for a
closer union between the labourers of different countries was
expressed on both sides. Then the Polish insurrection broke
out, and masses of London and Paris working-men took steps
simultaneously to manifest sympathy with the insurgents. A
deputation was again sent over from Paris, and the result of
this measure was a resolution to delay preparations for
co-operation no longer. For some time the international idea
was carefully given prominence in labour circles in various
countries, and on September 28th, 1864, a congress of many
nations was held in St. Martin's Hall, London, under the
presidency of Professor Beesly. A committee was appointed,
representing England, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and
Switzerland, for the drawing up of statutes for an
International Working Men's Association, whose seat should be
London. … It was not long before the International
Association became a power which caused alarm to not a few
European Governments."
_W. H. Dawson,
German Socialism and Ferdinand Lassalle,
chapter 13._
INTERREGNUM, The Great.
See GERMANY: A. D. 1250-1272.