Princess Agnes of Bohemia was one of the first non-Italian Franciscan sisters. She refused to marry her father’s choice, and instead became the head of a “Poor Ladies” foundation in Bohemia. Some of the most interesting documents of the time are the letters exchanged between St. Clare of Assisi and Agnes of Bohemia.
The Moravians had a substantial impact in North Carolina as well as in other parts of frontier America. They were among the first evangelists of the American Indians in the Appalachians and westward.
They had a profound influence upon the young John Wesley, as well.