In the words of the `` Chronica '' : `` Count Pedro asked Request the Count of Toulouse for single combat Hostile_encounter '' ( `` comes Petrus petiit comiti Tolosano singulare certamen '' ) , `` both went out Self_motion to fight much like two strong lions '' ( `` sicut duo leones fortes '' ) , and `` Count Pedro was wounded Bodily_harm by Alfonso 's lance and , falling from his horse , broke Bodily_harm his arm and died Death a few days later '' ( `` et vulneratus est comes Petrus ab hasta comitis Adefonsi et , cadens de equo , fractum est brachium eius et post paucos dies mortuus est '' ) .

The Peace created Creating the principle of `` Cuius regio , eius religio '' ( Latin for `` whose realm , his religion Rite '' ) , which meant that the religion of the ruler decided Deciding the religion Rite of the inhabitants .

This principle excluded Preventing_or_letting , or `` reserved Preserving '' , the ecclesiastical territories of the Holy Roman Empire from the application of `` cuius regio , eius religio '' , or `` whose rule , his religion '' , as the primary means of determining Deciding the religion of a territory .

Cuius regio , eius religio ( ) is a Latin phrase which literally means Protest 'whose realm , his religion ' , meaning that the religion of the ruler was to dictate Statement the religion of those ruled .