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He not only buys into a lot of stereotypes about the Middles Ages, but he misses a major point: Medieval Europe WAS CHRISTIAN and America is rapidly dechristianizing.

Stereotypes generally form because they are reasonably descriptive of reality. Which stereotypes of the Middle Ages presented here do you think are inaccurate?

He not only buys into a lot of stereotypes about the Middles Ages, but he misses a major point: Medieval Europe WAS CHRISTIAN and America is rapidly dechristianizing.

Perhaps you missed reading the entire article:

There is one great difference, however, between the medieval and modern worlds.
People living in the first millennium believed in transcendence and a soul, and sought to keep alive culture until civilization returned.
People living in the second millennium increasingly live for their appetites without worry about what follows -- with little awareness of what has been lost and so not a clue about how to recapture it.

What is more, perhaps you are not aware of who Victor Davis Hanson is:

Victor Davis Hanson (born September 5, 1953) is an American military historian, columnist, former classics professor, and scholar of ancient warfare. He has been a commentator on modern warfare and contemporary politics for National Review, The Washington Times and other media outlets. He was a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno, and is currently the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He has been a visiting professor at Hillsdale College since 2004. Hanson is perhaps best known for his 2001 book Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power.
Hanson was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2007 by President George W. Bush. Hanson is a blogger on current affairs, particularly regarding the U.S. in the Middle East and the U.S.-Mexico situation. Hanson is also a fifth-generation farmer, growing raisin grapes on a family farm in Selma, California and a critic of social trends related to farming and agrarianism.

Hardly someone who would "buy into a lot of stereotypes about the Middles Ages"

“He not only buys into a lot of stereotypes about the Middles Ages...”

Dude, this is Victor Davis Hansen, one of the most learned historians in the country. He is not “buying into stereotypes”, he knows more about that period of time than you or I will ever learn.