Elijah ben Elkanah Capsali (Hebrew: אליהו בן אלקנה קפשאלי; c. 1485 – after 1550) was a notable rabbi and historian. Capsali, an important historian of Muslim and Ottoman history, has a medieval historical approach, with early modern subject matter.[1][2] Capsali's chronicle may be the first example of a diasporic Jew writing a history of their own location (Venice). [3][4]
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