Jean Froissart (c. 1337 – c. 1405) is a medieval French author and court historian, who writes several works, including Chronicles and Meliador, a long Arthurian romance, and a large body of poetry, both short lyrical forms, as well as longer narrative poems.

For centuries, Froissart's Chronicles have been recognized as the chief expression of the chivalric revival of the fourteenth century Kingdom of England and France.

His history is also an important source for the first half of the Hundred Years' War.