The author probably thinks the Middle Ages were a fun time, also. Maybe he even pines for the public burnings of heretics put on by the Church back then. Afterall, these spectacles were such great entertainment for the ignorant masses, as well as being didactic in nature! What this author reveals about himself is pretty ugly. It sounds to me like an endorsement of the repression formerly practiced by the RC Church. But I have often encountered this same sentiment among Catholics, so I am not surprised by it in the least.
I was giving the conclusion of Richard Marius, a recent biographer and admirer of Luther. Whether Luther was right or wrong theologically is beside the point, which is that he initiated an age of war motivated by religious fanaticism. Even the Reconquista, which lasted almost four hundred years,or the wars fought between Turks and Christians were never savage as the religious wars of Europe, especially those in France and Germany. Spain, England, Italy, and France were all saved finally by despotic governments. After 1648, religion no longer drove the wars of Europe. The despot Cromwell died early, sparing the country across the channel from another general like Henry V.