Asunción de Zea-Bermúdez

Doña Asunción de Zea-Bermúdez y Montoya (2 February 1862 – 21 August 1936) was a Spanish writer and essayist.

Biography Asunción de Zea-Bermúdez y Montoya was born in Las Pedroñeras, Cuenca on 2 February 1862. Her parents were Rosaura Montoya Perea and Fernando Francisco de Zea Bermúdez, the second Count of Colombí. On 18 October 1893 she married Jesús Contreras y Arcas, from which marriage María Esperanza Contreras y Zea Bermúdez (1894–1938) was born, the fourth Countess of Colombí.

The first of these works was widely recommended at the time for primary education. La Gaceta de Instrucción Pública and La Escuela Moderna published some provisions in this regard. In Compendio, the author aimed to explain the Catechism of the Catholic Church in a simple manner, so that it could be used as a manual by the group of women who formed the (Associates of the Apostolate of Doctrines). In these works, she expressed great concern for these teachings to reach all social classes, especially the lower classes.

In 1929, Zea-Bermúdez wrote the prologue for the work of her fellow townsman, Julián Escudero Picazo, Vidas manchegas (Manchegan Lives).

She died in Madrid on 21 August 1936.

Selected works Compendio de la doctrina cristiana para el uso del apostolado de las doctrinas (1903) Influencia de la mujer en la regeneración social de los católicos (1904) Post Núbila: sobre la verdadera cuna de Cervantes (1916)