As a writer and reader I disagree with this. Perhaps if you are writing for a scientific journal or business report, long blocks of text can seem like you have a lot of info. Generally speaking, especially in fiction and non fiction i think unbroken pages of text will best case scenario bore a reader, worst case scenraio burden and overwhelm them with a lot of info so the feel daunted about continuing.
The countries or states that were mostly Protestant in 1560 were England, Germany, Switzerland, Scotland, the Netherlands, the Baltic states, Scandinavia and Hungary.
The repitition of these words continue to enhance that something bad or abusive happened to a person, animal or living thing.