he was ready for the battle against prostin princes towns and landholders if necessary he would settle the protestant challenge by force of arms. as i know my estate his majesty isn t afraid of war he gives you six months before his mercenaries enforce peace like the feet of. charles reinstated the edict of warm condemning luther. once again the lutheran princes left a diet under protest and the noun protestants was coined a label for their new political identity. by the mid sixteenth century only the bavarian heartlands parts of bohemia and austria as well as the territories to the west of the rhine remained roman catholic pope had lost all influence across the rest of the empire. luther and self but only been able to follow the events in out