Perhaps not. I was thinking more in terms of Europe during the renaissance and the consolidation of kingdoms/city states, etc.
You are talking of a time when the average Christian could not even read the Bible he believed in, and only knew what he was told,and was easily led. A time when the only one's who really knew what was written there were those who had been highly educated, that being a very limited few. When muslim hords were trying to invade Europe, and the need to push them back
This is the reason for the reformation. When the common man was able to read the Bible for himself it led to great changes in Christianity.