Rhodes was seized from Byzantium, which was considered heretical and pagan. And Malta was given to them in exchange for vassal service. And all this time, the order truly declared, first and foremost, a fight against pagans.
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Rhodes was seized from Byzantium, which was considered heretical and pagan. And Malta was given to them in exchange for vassal service. And all this time, the order truly declared, first and foremost, a fight against pagans.