Zachary Nugent Brooke FBA (1 December 1883 – 2 October 1946) was a British medieval historian.

Born on 1 December 1883, Brooke was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire and St John's College, Cambridge. In 1908, he was elected to a Drosier Fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge. He was appointed as the second Professor of Medieval History at Cambridge in 1944. He was appointed as a Fellow of the British Academy in 1940.^[1]

Brooke is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground, off Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, with his wife Rosa Grace Brooke (1888-1964).

He was the father of Christopher N. L. Brooke, who was also a medieval historian and fellow of Gonville and Caius College.

He died on 7 October 1946.

His published works include:

• The English Church and the Papacy: From the Conquest to the Reign of John (Cambridge University Press; ISBN 0-521-36687-9)
• A History of Europe from 911 to 1198 (History of medieval and modern Europe;vol.2) (Methuen)