April 3, 2025 by
Centre for Medieval Studies
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Anne Reiber DeWindt (August 8, 1943 — March 31, 2025), who earned her PhD at CMS in 1972 with a dissertation entitled Society and Change in a Fourteenth-Century English Village: King’s Ripton 1275–1400. Anne went on to teach history at Wayne County Community College, authored many articles and books, including Ramsey: The Lives of an English Fenland Town, 1200–1600 with her late husband, Edwin Brezette DeWindt, a project to which they dedicated many years of research.
Anne's work will live on through her work, which explored the prosaic lives of medieval people and continues to be cited today. We offer our sincere condolences to the DeWindt family and friends.