PCT4264773: Dagobert 1st (v.600-639) king of Austrasia (623 to 629), king of all Franks (629 to 634), king of Neustria and Burgundy (634 to 639). The regne of Dagobert 1st, 16th king of the Merovingian dynasty founded by Clovis, was one of the short periods in which the Franc kingdom was unified. From Clovis 2, son of Dagobert I, the following Merovingian kings were nicknamed the lazy kings and returned under the tutelage of the mayors of the Palace. Engraving by Victor Adam (1801-1866) in the book “France in the Middle Ages” published by the Ardant brothers in the middle of the 19th century., Adam, Victor (1801-66) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4265027: The wooden arar, a simple plow without a front train (forward = train), is the oldest of the agricultural instruments. It was used in the Aspres (Saint Michel de Llotes, near Ille sur Tet, 66, Pyrenees Orientales, Roussillon, Catalonia) until around 1950 despite competition from modern, more efficient plows. It was made in Saint Michel de Llotes in 1932 from 3 different wood species: green oak (cut 2 years earlier), ash and fig tree. The metal parts were forged by the local marechal ferrant. Originally painted in blue, this arary adapted to a wooden stretcher, also made on site. Museum of Agriculture of Saint Michel de Llotes. Photo by Patrice Cartier., Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images