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Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-07T10:59:45Z

Pyj99:

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology. In a way, it is an expansion on [[The_Texts_and_Their_Relations]].

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || [[The_Fall_of_Gondolin_(chapter)|The_Fall_of_Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || [[Lay of Leithian]] || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || [[Sketch of the Mythology]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Fall_of_Númenor_(chapter)|The Fall of Numenor]]
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || [[Quenta Noldorinwa]] || || || || [[The_Earliest Annals of Valinor|The Earliest Annals of Valinor - AV1]] || [[The Earliest Annals of Beleriand |The Earliest Annals of Beleriand - AB1]] ||
|-
! 1931
| [[The Hobbit|Beg. of 1st Edition writing of The Hobbit]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| T[[The Hobbit|he Hobbit - end of writing]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || [[Ainulindalë|Ainulindalë B]] || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || [[Annals of Valinor|Later Annals of Valinor - AV2]] || [[Annals of Beleriand|Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2]] || [[Fall of Numenor]] 1
|-
! 1937
| The Hobbit 1st ed. publication || || [[Ambarkanta]] || || [[Quenta Silmarillion]] || || || || || || [[Fall of Numenor]] 2
|-
! 1938
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition beg. of writing]]|| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 1]]
|-
! 1947
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C*]]|| || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 2]]
|-
! 1948
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C]]|| || || [[Narn_i_Hîn_Húrin|Narn_i_Chîn_Húrin]] || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 3]]
|-
! 1949
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë D]] || || || || [[The_Lay_of_Leithian|Lay of Leithian Revised]] || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition end of writing]] || || || || || || || [[Annals of Aman]] || [[Grey Annals]] ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ1]] || || || [[Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1953
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1954
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1956
| || || || || || || || || || || [[Akallabêth|Akallabêth A]]
|-
! 1957
| || || || || || Hurin & Morwen || || || || || [[Akallabêth|Akkalabeth B]]
|-
! 1958
| || || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ2]] || || || || Annals of Aman Typescript || || [[Akallabêth|Akkalabeth C]]
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1960
| || || || || || || || || || || [[Aldarion and Erendis]]
|-
! 1961
| || || || [[Valaquenta]] || || || || || || || ‘[[A_Description_of_the_Island_of_Númenor|A Description of the Isle of Númenor]]’ and ‘[[The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor]]’
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || The Shibboleth of Fëanor
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Talk:Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-07T10:58:36Z

Pyj99:

Nice project! However, I'm not sure this has the best structure tho. Have you seen this: [[Index:Manuscripts by J.R.R. Tolkien]]. --[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] ([[User talk:LorenzoCB|talk]]) 15:52, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up, I have seen it but the goal of this project is markedly different - It is to try and make sense to the relations between the published texts and all the texts inside HoME I-XII. An extension on [[The_Texts_and_Their_Relations]] if you wish.
--[[User:Pyj99|Pyj99]] ([[User talk:Pyj99|talk]]) 10:58, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T15:54:03Z

Pyj99: /* Later years - exploratory writings */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || [[The_Fall_of_Gondolin_(chapter)|The_Fall_of_Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || [[Lay of Leithian]] || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || [[Sketch of the Mythology]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Fall_of_Númenor_(chapter)|The Fall of Numenor]]
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || [[Quenta Noldorinwa]] || || || || [[The_Earliest Annals of Valinor|The Earliest Annals of Valinor - AV1]] || [[The Earliest Annals of Beleriand |The Earliest Annals of Beleriand - AB1]] ||
|-
! 1931
| [[The Hobbit|Beg. of 1st Edition writing of The Hobbit]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| T[[The Hobbit|he Hobbit - end of writing]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || [[Ainulindalë|Ainulindalë B]] || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || [[Annals of Valinor|Later Annals of Valinor - AV2]] || [[Annals of Beleriand|Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2]] || [[Fall of Numenor]] 1
|-
! 1937
| The Hobbit 1st ed. publication || || [[Ambarkanta]] || || [[Quenta Silmarillion]] || || || || || || [[Fall of Numenor]] 2
|-
! 1938
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition beg. of writing]]|| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 1]]
|-
! 1947
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C*]]|| || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 2]]
|-
! 1948
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C]]|| || || [[Narn_i_Hîn_Húrin|Narn_i_Chîn_Húrin]] || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 3]]
|-
! 1949
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë D]] || || || || [[The_Lay_of_Leithian|Lay of Leithian Revised]] || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition end of writing]] || || || || || || || [[Annals of Aman]] || [[Grey Annals]] ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ1]] || || || [[Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1953
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1954
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1956
| || || || || || || || || || || [[Akallabêth|Akallabêth A]]
|-
! 1957
| || || || || || Hurin & Morwen || || || || || [[Akallabêth|Akkalabeth B]]
|-
! 1958
| || || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ2]] || || || || Annals of Aman Typescript || || [[Akallabêth|Akkalabeth C]]
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1960
| || || || || || || || || || || [[Aldarion and Erendis]]
|-
! 1961
| || || || [[Valaquenta]] || || || || || || || ‘[[A_Description_of_the_Island_of_Númenor|A Description of the Isle of Númenor]]’ and ‘[[The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor]]’
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || The Shibboleth of Fëanor
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T15:51:37Z

Pyj99: /* Later years - exploratory writings */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || [[The_Fall_of_Gondolin_(chapter)|The_Fall_of_Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || [[Lay of Leithian]] || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || [[Sketch of the Mythology]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Fall_of_Númenor_(chapter)|The Fall of Numenor]]
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || [[Quenta Noldorinwa]] || || || || [[The_Earliest Annals of Valinor|The Earliest Annals of Valinor - AV1]] || [[The Earliest Annals of Beleriand |The Earliest Annals of Beleriand - AB1]] ||
|-
! 1931
| [[The Hobbit|Beg. of 1st Edition writing of The Hobbit]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| T[[The Hobbit|he Hobbit - end of writing]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || [[Ainulindalë|Ainulindalë B]] || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || [[Annals of Valinor|Later Annals of Valinor - AV2]] || [[Annals of Beleriand|Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2]] || [[Fall of Numenor]] 1
|-
! 1937
| The Hobbit 1st ed. publication || || [[Ambarkanta]] || || [[Quenta Silmarillion]] || || || || || || [[Fall of Numenor]] 2
|-
! 1938
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition beg. of writing]]|| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 1]]
|-
! 1947
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C*]]|| || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 2]]
|-
! 1948
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C]]|| || || [[Narn_i_Hîn_Húrin|Narn_i_Chîn_Húrin]] || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 3]]
|-
! 1949
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë D]] || || || || [[The_Lay_of_Leithian|Lay of Leithian Revised]] || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition end of writing]] || || || || || || || [[Annals of Aman]] || [[Grey Annals]] ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ1]] || || || [[Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1953
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1954
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1956
| || || || || || || || || || || [[Akallabêth|Akallabêth A]]
|-
! 1957
| || || || || || Hurin & Morwen || || || || || [[Akallabêth|Akkalabeth B]]
|-
! 1958
| || || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ2]] || || || || Annals of Aman Typescript || || [[Akallabêth|Akkalabeth C]]
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1960
| || || || || || || || || || || [[Aldarion and Erendis]]
|-
! 1961
| || || || [[Valaquenta]] || || || || || || || ‘[[A_Description_of_the_Island_of_Númenor|A Description of the Isle of Númenor]]’ and ‘[[The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor]]’
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || || The Shibboleth of Fëanor
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T15:41:47Z

Pyj99: /* Midlle years - The publication phase */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || [[The_Fall_of_Gondolin_(chapter)|The_Fall_of_Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || [[Lay of Leithian]] || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || [[Sketch of the Mythology]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Fall_of_Númenor_(chapter)|The Fall of Numenor]]
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || [[Quenta Noldorinwa]] || || || || [[The_Earliest Annals of Valinor|The Earliest Annals of Valinor - AV1]] || [[The Earliest Annals of Beleriand |The Earliest Annals of Beleriand - AB1]] ||
|-
! 1931
| [[The Hobbit|Beg. of 1st Edition writing of The Hobbit]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| T[[The Hobbit|he Hobbit - end of writing]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || [[Ainulindalë|Ainulindalë B]] || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || [[Annals of Valinor|Later Annals of Valinor - AV2]] || [[Annals of Beleriand|Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2]] || [[Fall of Numenor]] 1
|-
! 1937
| The Hobbit 1st ed. publication || || [[Ambarkanta]] || || [[Quenta Silmarillion]] || || || || || || [[Fall of Numenor]] 2
|-
! 1938
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition beg. of writing]]|| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 1]]
|-
! 1947
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C*]]|| || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 2]]
|-
! 1948
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C]]|| || || [[Narn_i_Hîn_Húrin|Narn_i_Chîn_Húrin]] || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 3]]
|-
! 1949
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë D]] || || || || [[The_Lay_of_Leithian|Lay of Leithian Revised]] || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition end of writing]] || || || || || || || [[Annals of Aman]] || [[Grey Annals]] ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ1]] || || || [[Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1953
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1954
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1956
| || || || || || || || || || || [[Akallabêth|Akallabêth A]]
|-
! 1957
| || || || || || Hurin & Morwen || || || || || [[Akallabêth|Akkalabeth B]]
|-
! 1958
| || || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ2]] || || || || Annals of Aman Typescript || || [[Akallabêth|Akkalabeth C]]
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1960
| || || || || || || || || || || [[Aldarion and Erendis]]
|-
! 1961
| || || || [[Valaquenta]] || || || || || || || ‘[[A_Description_of_the_Island_of_Númenor|A Description of the Isle of Númenor]]’ and ‘[[The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor]]’
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T15:40:22Z

Pyj99: /* Midlle years - The publication phase */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || [[The_Fall_of_Gondolin_(chapter)|The_Fall_of_Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || [[Lay of Leithian]] || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || [[Sketch of the Mythology]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Fall_of_Númenor_(chapter)|The Fall of Numenor]]
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || [[Quenta Noldorinwa]] || || || || [[The_Earliest Annals of Valinor|The Earliest Annals of Valinor - AV1]] || [[The Earliest Annals of Beleriand |The Earliest Annals of Beleriand - AB1]] ||
|-
! 1931
| [[The Hobbit|Beg. of 1st Edition writing of The Hobbit]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| T[[The Hobbit|he Hobbit - end of writing]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || [[Ainulindalë|Ainulindalë B]] || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || [[Annals of Valinor|Later Annals of Valinor - AV2]] || [[Annals of Beleriand|Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2]] || [[Fall of Numenor]] 1
|-
! 1937
| The Hobbit 1st ed. publication || || [[Ambarkanta]] || || [[Quenta Silmarillion]] || || || || || || [[Fall of Numenor]] 2
|-
! 1938
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition beg. of writing]]|| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 1]]
|-
! 1947
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C*]]|| || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 2]]
|-
! 1948
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C]]|| || || [[Narn_i_Hîn_Húrin|Narn_i_Chîn_Húrin]] || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 3]]
|-
! 1949
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë D]] || || || || [[The_Lay_of_Leithian|Lay of Leithian Revised]] || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition end of writing]] || || || || || || || [[Annals of Aman]] || [[Grey Annals]] ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ1]] || || || [[Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1953
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1954
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1956
| || || || || || || || || || || [[Akallabêth|Akallabêth A]]
|-
! 1957
| || || || || || Hurin & Morwen || || || || || [[Akallabêth|Akkalabeth B]]
|-
! 1958
| || || || || Later Quenta 2 || || || || Annals of Aman Typescript || || [[Akallabêth|Akkalabeth C]]
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1960
| || || || || || || || || || || [[Aldarion and Erendis]]
|-
! 1961
| || || || [[Valaquenta]] || || || || || || || ‘[[A_Description_of_the_Island_of_Númenor|A Description of the Isle of Númenor]]’ and ‘[[The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor]]’
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T15:28:49Z

Pyj99: /* Midlle years - The publication phase */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || [[The_Fall_of_Gondolin_(chapter)|The_Fall_of_Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || [[Lay of Leithian]] || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || [[Sketch of the Mythology]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Fall_of_Númenor_(chapter)|The Fall of Numenor]]
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || [[Quenta Noldorinwa]] || || || || [[The_Earliest Annals of Valinor|The Earliest Annals of Valinor - AV1]] || [[The Earliest Annals of Beleriand |The Earliest Annals of Beleriand - AB1]] ||
|-
! 1931
| [[The Hobbit|Beg. of 1st Edition writing of The Hobbit]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| T[[The Hobbit|he Hobbit - end of writing]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || [[Ainulindalë|Ainulindalë B]] || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || [[Annals of Valinor|Later Annals of Valinor - AV2]] || [[Annals of Beleriand|Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2]] || [[Fall of Numenor]] 1
|-
! 1937
| The Hobbit 1st ed. publication || || [[Ambarkanta]] || || [[Quenta Silmarillion]] || || || || || || [[Fall of Numenor]] 2
|-
! 1938
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition beg. of writing]]|| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 1]]
|-
! 1947
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C*]]|| || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 2]]
|-
! 1948
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C]]|| || || [[Narn_i_Hîn_Húrin|Narn_i_Chîn_Húrin]] || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 3]]
|-
! 1949
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë D]] || || || || [[The_Lay_of_Leithian|Lay of Leithian Revised]] || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition end of writing]] || || || || || || || [[Annals of Aman]] || [[Grey Annals]] ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ1]] || || || [[Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1953
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1954
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1956
| || || || || || || || || || || [[Akallabêth|Akallabêth A]]
|-
! 1957
| || || || || || Hurin & Morwen || || || || || [[Akallabêth|Akkalabeth B]]
|-
! 1958
| || || || Later Quenta 2 || || || || || Annals of Aman Typescript || || [[Akallabêth|Akkalabeth C]]
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1960
| || || || || || || || || || || Aldarion & Erendis
|-
! 1961
| || || || Valaquenta || || || || || || || ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T15:20:20Z

Pyj99: /* Midlle years - The publication phase */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || [[The_Fall_of_Gondolin_(chapter)|The_Fall_of_Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || [[Lay of Leithian]] || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || [[Sketch of the Mythology]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Fall_of_Númenor_(chapter)|The Fall of Numenor]]
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || [[Quenta Noldorinwa]] || || || || [[The_Earliest Annals of Valinor|The Earliest Annals of Valinor - AV1]] || [[The Earliest Annals of Beleriand |The Earliest Annals of Beleriand - AB1]] ||
|-
! 1931
| [[The Hobbit|Beg. of 1st Edition writing of The Hobbit]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| T[[The Hobbit|he Hobbit - end of writing]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || [[Ainulindalë|Ainulindalë B]] || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || [[Annals of Valinor|Later Annals of Valinor - AV2]] || [[Annals of Beleriand|Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2]] || [[Fall of Numenor]] 1
|-
! 1937
| The Hobbit 1st ed. publication || || [[Ambarkanta]] || || [[Quenta Silmarillion]] || || || || || || [[Fall of Numenor]] 2
|-
! 1938
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition beg. of writing]]|| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 1]]
|-
! 1947
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C*]]|| || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 2]]
|-
! 1948
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C]]|| || || [[Narn_i_Hîn_Húrin|Narn_i_Chîn_Húrin]] || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 3]]
|-
! 1949
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë D]] || || || || [[The_Lay_of_Leithian|Lay of Leithian Revised]] || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition end of writing]] || || || || || || || [[Annals of Aman]] || [[Grey Annals]] ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ1]] || || || [[Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1953
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1954
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1956
| || || || || || || || || || || Akkalabeth A
|-
! 1957
| || || || || || Hurin & Morwen || || || || || Akkalabeth B
|-
! 1958
| || || || Later Quenta 2 || || || || || Annals of Aman Typescript || || Akkalabeth C
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1960
| || || || || || || || || || || Aldarion & Erendis
|-
! 1961
| || || || Valaquenta || || || || || || || ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T15:19:26Z

Pyj99: /* Midlle years - The publication phase */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || [[The_Fall_of_Gondolin_(chapter)|The_Fall_of_Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || [[Lay of Leithian]] || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || [[Sketch of the Mythology]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Fall_of_Númenor_(chapter)|The Fall of Numenor]]
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || [[Quenta Noldorinwa]] || || || || [[The_Earliest Annals of Valinor|The Earliest Annals of Valinor - AV1]] || [[The Earliest Annals of Beleriand |The Earliest Annals of Beleriand - AB1]] ||
|-
! 1931
| [[The Hobbit|Beg. of 1st Edition writing of The Hobbit]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| T[[The Hobbit|he Hobbit - end of writing]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || [[Ainulindalë|Ainulindalë B]] || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || [[Annals of Valinor|Later Annals of Valinor - AV2]] || [[Annals of Beleriand|Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2]] || [[Fall of Numenor]] 1
|-
! 1937
| The Hobbit 1st ed. publication || || [[Ambarkanta]] || || [[Quenta Silmarillion]] || || || || || || [[Fall of Numenor]] 2
|-
! 1938
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition beg. of writing]]|| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 1]]
|-
! 1947
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C*]]|| || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 2]]
|-
! 1948
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C]]|| || || [[Narn_i_Hîn_Húrin|Narn_i_Chîn_Húrin]] || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 3]]
|-
! 1949
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë D]] || || || || [[The_Lay_of_Leithian|Lay of Leithian Revised]] || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition end of writing]] || || || || || || || [[Annals of Aman]] || [[Grey Annals]] ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ1]] || || || [[Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
! 1953
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1954
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1956
| || || || || || || || || || || Akkalabeth A
|-
! 1957
| || || || || || Hurin & Morwen || || || || || Akkalabeth B
|-
! 1958
| || || || Later Quenta 2 || || || || || Annals of Aman Typescript || || Akkalabeth C
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1960
| || || || || || || || || || || Aldarion & Erendis
|-
! 1961
| || || || Valaquenta || || || || || || || ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T13:50:50Z

Pyj99: /* Midlle years - The publication phase */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || [[The_Fall_of_Gondolin_(chapter)|The_Fall_of_Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || [[Lay of Leithian]] || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || [[Sketch of the Mythology]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Fall_of_Númenor_(chapter)|The Fall of Numenor]]
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || [[Quenta Noldorinwa]] || || || || [[The_Earliest Annals of Valinor|The Earliest Annals of Valinor - AV1]] || [[The Earliest Annals of Beleriand |The Earliest Annals of Beleriand - AB1]] ||
|-
! 1931
| [[The Hobbit|Beg. of 1st Edition writing of The Hobbit]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| T[[The Hobbit|he Hobbit - end of writing]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || [[Ainulindalë|Ainulindalë B]] || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || [[Annals of Valinor|Later Annals of Valinor - AV2]] || [[Annals of Beleriand|Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2]] || [[Fall of Numenor]] 1
|-
! 1937
| The Hobbit 1st ed. publication || || [[Ambarkanta]] || || [[Quenta Silmarillion]] || || || || || || [[Fall of Numenor]] 2
|-
! 1938
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition beg. of writing]]|| || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 1]]
|-
! 1947
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C*]]|| || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 2]]
|-
! 1948
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C]]|| || || [[Narn_i_Hîn_Húrin|Narn_i_Chîn_Húrin]] || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 3]]
|-
! 1949
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë D]] || || || || [[The_Lay_of_Leithian|Lay of Leithian Revised]] || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || [[Lord of the Rings|LoTR - 1st Edition end of writing]] || || || || || || || [[Annals of Aman]] || [[Grey Annals]] ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ1]] || || || [[Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T13:45:34Z

Pyj99: /* Midlle years - The publication phase */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || [[The_Fall_of_Gondolin_(chapter)|The_Fall_of_Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || [[Lay of Leithian]] || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || [[Sketch of the Mythology]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Fall_of_Númenor_(chapter)|The Fall of Numenor]]
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || [[Quenta Noldorinwa]] || || || || [[The_Earliest Annals of Valinor|The Earliest Annals of Valinor - AV1]] || [[The Earliest Annals of Beleriand |The Earliest Annals of Beleriand - AB1]] ||
|-
! 1931
| [[The Hobbit|Beg. of 1st Edition writing of The Hobbit]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| T[[The Hobbit|he Hobbit - end of writing]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || [[Ainulindalë|Ainulindalë B]] || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || [[Annals of Valinor|Later Annals of Valinor - AV2]] || [[Annals of Beleriand|Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2]] || [[Fall of Numenor]] 1
|-
! 1937
| The Hobbit 1st ed. publication || || [[Ambarkanta]] || || [[Quenta Silmarillion]] || || || || || || [[Fall of Numenor]] 2
|-
! 1938
| || LoTR - 1st Edition beg. of writing || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 1]]
|-
! 1947
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C*]]|| || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 2]]
|-
! 1948
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C]]|| || || [[Narn_i_Hîn_Húrin|Narn_i_Chîn_Húrin]] || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 3]]
|-
! 1949
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë D]] || || || || [[The_Lay_of_Leithian|Lay of Leithian Revised]] || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || LoTR - 1st Edition end of writing || || || || || || || [[Annals of Aman]] || [[Grey Annals]] ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ1]] || || || [[Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T13:44:22Z

Pyj99: /* Midlle years - The publication phase */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || [[The_Fall_of_Gondolin_(chapter)|The_Fall_of_Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || [[Lay of Leithian]] || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || [[Sketch of the Mythology]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Fall_of_Númenor_(chapter)|The Fall of Numenor]]
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || [[Quenta Noldorinwa]] || || || || [[The_Earliest Annals of Valinor|The Earliest Annals of Valinor - AV1]] || [[The Earliest Annals of Beleriand |The Earliest Annals of Beleriand - AB1]] ||
|-
! 1931
| [[The Hobbit|Beg. of 1st Edition writing of The Hobbit]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| T[[The Hobbit|he Hobbit - end of writing]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || [[Ainulindalë|Ainulindalë B]] || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || [[Annals of Valinor|Later Annals of Valinor - AV2]] || [[Annals of Beleriand|Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2]] || [[Fall of Numenor]] 1
|-
! 1937
| The Hobbit 1st ed. publication || || [[Ambarkanta]] || || [[Quenta Silmarillion]] || || || || || || [[Fall of Numenor]] 2
|-
! 1938
| || 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 1]]
|-
! 1947
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C*]]|| || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 2]]
|-
! 1948
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C]]|| || || [[Narn_i_Hîn_Húrin|Narn_i_Chîn_Húrin]] || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 3]]
|-
! 1949
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë D]] || || || || [[The_Lay_of_Leithian|Lay of Leithian Revised]] || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || || || || || || || || [[Annals of Aman]] || [[Grey Annals]] ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ1]] || || || [[Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T13:43:15Z

Pyj99: /* Midlle years - The publication phase */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || [[The_Fall_of_Gondolin_(chapter)|The_Fall_of_Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || [[Lay of Leithian]] || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || [[Sketch of the Mythology]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Fall_of_Númenor_(chapter)|The Fall of Numenor]]
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || [[Quenta Noldorinwa]] || || || || [[The_Earliest Annals of Valinor|The Earliest Annals of Valinor - AV1]] || [[The Earliest Annals of Beleriand |The Earliest Annals of Beleriand - AB1]] ||
|-
! 1931
| [[The Hobbit|Beg. of 1st Edition writing of The Hobbit]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| T[[The Hobbit|he Hobbit - end of writing]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || [[Ainulindalë|Ainulindalë B]] || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || [[Annals of Valinor|Later Annals of Valinor - AV2]] || [[Annals of Beleriand|Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2]] || [[Fall of Numenor]] 1
|-
! 1937
| The Hobbit 1st ed. publication || || [[Ambarkanta]] || || [[Quenta Silmarillion]] || || || || || || [[Fall of Numenor]] 2
|-
! 1938
| || 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 1]]
|-
! 1947
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C*]]|| || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 2]]
|-
! 1948
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C]]|| || || [[Narn_i_Hîn_Húrin|Narn_i_Chîn_Húrin]] || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 3]]
|-
! 1949
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë D]] || || || || [[The_Lay_of_Leithian|Lay of Leithian Revised]] || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || || || || || || || || [[Annals of Aman]] || [[Grey Annals]] ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ1]] || || [[Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin]] || || || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T13:42:03Z

Pyj99: /* Midlle years - The publication phase */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || [[The_Fall_of_Gondolin_(chapter)|The_Fall_of_Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || [[Lay of Leithian]] || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || [[Sketch of the Mythology]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Fall_of_Númenor_(chapter)|The Fall of Numenor]]
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || [[Quenta Noldorinwa]] || || || || [[The_Earliest Annals of Valinor|The Earliest Annals of Valinor - AV1]] || [[The Earliest Annals of Beleriand |The Earliest Annals of Beleriand - AB1]] ||
|-
! 1931
| [[The Hobbit|Beg. of 1st Edition writing of The Hobbit]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| T[[The Hobbit|he Hobbit - end of writing]] || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || [[Ainulindalë|Ainulindalë B]] || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || [[Annals of Valinor|Later Annals of Valinor - AV2]] || [[Annals of Beleriand|Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2]] || [[Fall of Numenor]] 1
|-
! 1937
| The Hobbit 1st ed. publication || || [[Ambarkanta]] || || [[Quenta Silmarillion]] || || || || || || [[Fall of Numenor]] 2
|-
! 1938
| || 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 1]]
|-
! 1947
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C*]]|| || || || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 2]
|-
! 1948
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë C]]|| || || [[Narn_i_Hîn_Húrin|Narn_i_Chîn_Húrin]] || || || || || [[The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê|The_Drowning_of_Anadûnê 3]
|-
! 1949
| || || [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë D]] || || || || [[The_Lay_of_Leithian|Lay of Leithian Revised]] || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || || || || || || || || [[Annals of Aman]] || [[Grey Annals]] ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || [[The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion|Later Quenta Silmarillion - LQ1]] || || [[Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin]] || || || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T13:19:23Z

Pyj99: /* Early Years - the Mythology period */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || [[The_Fall_of_Gondolin_(chapter)|The_Fall_of_Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || [[Lay of Leithian]] || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || [[Sketch of the Mythology]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || [[The_Fall_of_Númenor_(chapter)|The Fall of Numenor]]
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || Quenta Noldorinwa || || || || Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 || Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 ||
|-
! 1931
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
! 1937
| || || Ambarkanta || || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|-
! 1938
| || 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 1
|-
! 1947
| || || AinuLindale C* - HoME X || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 2
|-
! 1948
| || || AinuLindale C - HoME X || || || Narn i chin Hurin || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 3
|-
! 1949
| || || AinuLindale D - HoME X || || || || Lay of Leithian Revised || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || || || || || || || || Annals of Aman || Grey Annals ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || Later Quenta1 || || Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin || || || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T13:15:12Z

Pyj99: /* Early Years - the Mythology period */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || [[The_Fall_of_Gondolin_(chapter)|The_Fall_of_Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || [[Lay of Leithian]] || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || Sketch of the Mythology || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || The lost road
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || Quenta Noldorinwa || || || || Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 || Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 ||
|-
! 1931
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
! 1937
| || || Ambarkanta || || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|-
! 1938
| || 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 1
|-
! 1947
| || || AinuLindale C* - HoME X || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 2
|-
! 1948
| || || AinuLindale C - HoME X || || || Narn i chin Hurin || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 3
|-
! 1949
| || || AinuLindale D - HoME X || || || || Lay of Leithian Revised || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || || || || || || || || Annals of Aman || Grey Annals ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || Later Quenta1 || || Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin || || || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T13:13:38Z

Pyj99: /* Early Years - the Mythology period */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || [[The_Fall_of_Gondolin]] || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || [[Lay of Leithian]] || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || Sketch of the Mythology || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || The lost road
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || Quenta Noldorinwa || || || || Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 || Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 ||
|-
! 1931
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
! 1937
| || || Ambarkanta || || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|-
! 1938
| || 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 1
|-
! 1947
| || || AinuLindale C* - HoME X || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 2
|-
! 1948
| || || AinuLindale C - HoME X || || || Narn i chin Hurin || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 3
|-
! 1949
| || || AinuLindale D - HoME X || || || || Lay of Leithian Revised || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || || || || || || || || Annals of Aman || Grey Annals ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || Later Quenta1 || || Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin || || || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T12:38:52Z

Pyj99: /* Early Years - the Mythology period */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale ==>1920 || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || ‘[[The Fall of Gondolin]]’ || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || [[The Music of the Ainur]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || Lay of Leithian || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || Sketch of the Mythology || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || The lost road
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || Quenta Noldorinwa || || || || Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 || Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 ||
|-
! 1931
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
! 1937
| || || Ambarkanta || || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|-
! 1938
| || 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 1
|-
! 1947
| || || AinuLindale C* - HoME X || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 2
|-
! 1948
| || || AinuLindale C - HoME X || || || Narn i chin Hurin || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 3
|-
! 1949
| || || AinuLindale D - HoME X || || || || Lay of Leithian Revised || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || || || || || || || || Annals of Aman || Grey Annals ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || Later Quenta1 || || Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin || || || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T12:37:13Z

Pyj99: /* A reference tool */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

[[Tolkien]] writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale ==>1920 || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || ‘The Fall of Gondolin’ || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || The Music of the Ainur -HoME I || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || Lay of Leithian || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || Sketch of the Mythology || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || The lost road
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || Quenta Noldorinwa || || || || Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 || Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 ||
|-
! 1931
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
! 1937
| || || Ambarkanta || || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|-
! 1938
| || 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 1
|-
! 1947
| || || AinuLindale C* - HoME X || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 2
|-
! 1948
| || || AinuLindale C - HoME X || || || Narn i chin Hurin || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 3
|-
! 1949
| || || AinuLindale D - HoME X || || || || Lay of Leithian Revised || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || || || || || || || || Annals of Aman || Grey Annals ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || Later Quenta1 || || Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin || || || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T12:34:49Z

Pyj99: /* A reference tool */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

Tolkien writings timeline being very long, this chronology is broken in 3 production phases.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale ==>1920 || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || ‘The Fall of Gondolin’ || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || The Music of the Ainur -HoME I || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || Lay of Leithian || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || Sketch of the Mythology || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || The lost road
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || Quenta Noldorinwa || || || || Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 || Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 ||
|-
! 1931
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
! 1937
| || || Ambarkanta || || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|-
! 1938
| || 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 1
|-
! 1947
| || || AinuLindale C* - HoME X || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 2
|-
! 1948
| || || AinuLindale C - HoME X || || || Narn i chin Hurin || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 3
|-
! 1949
| || || AinuLindale D - HoME X || || || || Lay of Leithian Revised || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || || || || || || || || Annals of Aman || Grey Annals ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || Later Quenta1 || || Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin || || || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T12:30:44Z

Pyj99: /* Later writings */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

Tolkien writings timeline being very long this chronology is broken in phases that also colour the writings.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale ==>1920 || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || ‘The Fall of Gondolin’ || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || The Music of the Ainur -HoME I || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || Lay of Leithian || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || Sketch of the Mythology || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || The lost road
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || Quenta Noldorinwa || || || || Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 || Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 ||
|-
! 1931
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
! 1937
| || || Ambarkanta || || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|-
! 1938
| || 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 1
|-
! 1947
| || || AinuLindale C* - HoME X || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 2
|-
! 1948
| || || AinuLindale C - HoME X || || || Narn i chin Hurin || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 3
|-
! 1949
| || || AinuLindale D - HoME X || || || || Lay of Leithian Revised || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || || || || || || || || Annals of Aman || Grey Annals ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || Later Quenta1 || || Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin || || || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Later years - exploratory writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T12:29:57Z

Pyj99: /* The publication years */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

Tolkien writings timeline being very long this chronology is broken in phases that also colour the writings.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale ==>1920 || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || ‘The Fall of Gondolin’ || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || The Music of the Ainur -HoME I || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || Lay of Leithian || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || Sketch of the Mythology || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || The lost road
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Midlle years - The publication phase ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || Quenta Noldorinwa || || || || Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 || Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 ||
|-
! 1931
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
! 1937
| || || Ambarkanta || || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|-
! 1938
| || 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 1
|-
! 1947
| || || AinuLindale C* - HoME X || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 2
|-
! 1948
| || || AinuLindale C - HoME X || || || Narn i chin Hurin || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 3
|-
! 1949
| || || AinuLindale D - HoME X || || || || Lay of Leithian Revised || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || || || || || || || || Annals of Aman || Grey Annals ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || Later Quenta1 || || Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin || || || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Later writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T12:29:19Z

Pyj99: /* The publication years */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

Tolkien writings timeline being very long this chronology is broken in phases that also colour the writings.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale ==>1920 || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || ‘The Fall of Gondolin’ || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || The Music of the Ainur -HoME I || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || Lay of Leithian || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || Sketch of the Mythology || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || The lost road
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== The publication years ==
This period is the most productive in Tolkien's life. Following the success of the Hobbit, he hoped to publish the Silmarillion as a consistent account of the Elder Day. The texts produced in the later phase have a great amount of consistency with the published Lord of The Rings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || Quenta Noldorinwa || || || || Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 || Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 ||
|-
! 1931
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
! 1937
| || || Ambarkanta || || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|-
! 1938
| || 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 1
|-
! 1947
| || || AinuLindale C* - HoME X || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 2
|-
! 1948
| || || AinuLindale C - HoME X || || || Narn i chin Hurin || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 3
|-
! 1949
| || || AinuLindale D - HoME X || || || || Lay of Leithian Revised || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || || || || || || || || Annals of Aman || Grey Annals ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || Later Quenta1 || || Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin || || || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Later writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T12:26:01Z

Pyj99: /* The publication years */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

Tolkien writings timeline being very long this chronology is broken in phases that also colour the writings.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale ==>1920 || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || ‘The Fall of Gondolin’ || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || The Music of the Ainur -HoME I || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || Lay of Leithian || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || Sketch of the Mythology || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || The lost road
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== The publication years ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || || Quenta Noldorinwa || || || || Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 || Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 ||
|-
! 1931
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
! 1937
| || || Ambarkanta || || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|-
! 1938
| || 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 1
|-
! 1947
| || || AinuLindale C* - HoME X || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 2
|-
! 1948
| || || AinuLindale C - HoME X || || || Narn i chin Hurin || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 3
|-
! 1949
| || || AinuLindale D - HoME X || || || || Lay of Leithian Revised || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || || || || || || || || Annals of Aman || Grey Annals ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || Later Quenta1 || || Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin || || || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Later writings ==

In this period of this life, Tolkien had abandoned any hope of finishing the Silmarillion and getting it published.
Most of his works fall in either of 3 categories
# Philological and philosophical writings
# Languages work
# Exploring inconsistencies and way to resolve them
# Expansion stories for main characters / key historical events

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Numenor !! Language !! Maps !! Tale of the years !! Names !! Genealogies !! People !! Heroes !! Places !! Other
|-
! 1955
| || || || || || || || || || Athrabeth
|-
! 1956
| Akkalabeth A || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1957
| Akkalabeth B || || || || || || || Finwe & Miriel || ||
|-
! 1958
| Akkalabeth C || || || || || || Concerning Dwarves, Of the Ents || || ||
|-
! 1959
| || || || || || || || || || The Converse of Manwë and Eru’, ‘Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth’ and the ‘Reincarnation of Elves’.
|-
! 1960
| Aldarion & Erendis || || || || || || ‘Quendi and Eldar’, ‘Cuivienyarna’, ‘Orcs’, ‘The Elessar’ || ‘Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn’ || ||
|-
! 1961
| ‘A Description of the Isle of Númenor’ and ‘The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor’ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1962
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1963
| || || || || || || || || || The Tale of Adanel
|-
! 1964
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1965
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1966
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1967
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1968
| || || || || || || || || || ‘The New Shadow’
|-
! 1969
| || || || ‘The Disaster of the Gladden Fields’, ‘Cirion and Eorl’ and ‘Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel’ || || || || || "Rivers and beacon-hill of Gondor" ||
|-
! 1970
| || || A Map of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1971
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1972
| || || || || || || || ‘Glorfindel’ and ‘Círdan’ || ||
|-
! 1973
| || || || || || || || Galadriel & Celeborn ||
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T12:11:20Z

Pyj99: /* The publication years */

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T12:08:59Z

Pyj99: /* The publication years */

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T12:08:11Z

Pyj99: /* The publication years */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

Tolkien writings timeline being very long this chronology is broken in phases that also colour the writings.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale ==>1920 || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || ‘The Fall of Gondolin’ || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || The Music of the Ainur -HoME I || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || Lay of Leithian || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || Sketch of the Mythology || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || The lost road
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== The publication years ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
|-
! 1930
| || || || Quenta Noldorinwa || || || || || Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 || Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 ||
|-
! 1931
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
! 1937
| || || Ambarkanta || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|-
! 1938
| || 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 1
|-
! 1947
| || || AinuLindale C* - HoME X || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 2
|-
! 1948
| || || AinuLindale C - HoME X || || || Narn i chin Hurin || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 3
|-
! 1949
| || || AinuLindale D - HoME X || || || || Lay of Leithian Revised || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || || || || || || || || Annals of Aman || Grey Annals ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || Later Quenta1 || || Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin || || || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== The publication years ==

{| class="wikitable"
! !! !! !! Quenta Noldorinwa !! !! !! !! !! Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 !! Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 !!
|-
! 1st Edition
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
!
| || Ambarkanta || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|-
!
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 1
|-
!
| || AinuLindale C* - HoME X || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 2
|-
!
| || AinuLindale C - HoME X || || || Narn i chin Hurin || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 3
|-
!
| || AinuLindale D - HoME X || || || || Lay of Leithian Revised || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || Annals of Aman || Grey Annals ||
|-
!
| || || Later Quenta1 || || Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || Lay of Leithian || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || Sketch of the Mythology || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || The lost road
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1930
| || || || Quenta Noldorinwa || || || || || Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 || Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 ||
|-
! 1931
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
! 1937
| || || Ambarkanta || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T12:07:00Z

Pyj99: /* The publication years */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

Tolkien writings timeline being very long this chronology is broken in phases that also colour the writings.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale ==>1920 || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || ‘The Fall of Gondolin’ || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || The Music of the Ainur -HoME I || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || Lay of Leithian || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || Sketch of the Mythology || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || The lost road
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== The publication years ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor !!
! 1930
| || || || Quenta Noldorinwa || || || || || Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 || Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 ||
|-
! 1931
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
! 1937
| || || Ambarkanta || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|-
! 1938
| || 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 1
|-
! 1947
| || || AinuLindale C* - HoME X || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 2
|-
! 1948
| || || AinuLindale C - HoME X || || || Narn i chin Hurin || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 3
|-
! 1949
| || || AinuLindale D - HoME X || || || || Lay of Leithian Revised || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || || || || || || || || Annals of Aman || Grey Annals ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || Later Quenta1 || || Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin || || || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== The publication years ==

{| class="wikitable"
! !! !! !! Quenta Noldorinwa !! !! !! !! !! Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 !! Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 !!
|-
! 1st Edition
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
!
| || Ambarkanta || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|-
!
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 1
|-
!
| || AinuLindale C* - HoME X || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 2
|-
!
| || AinuLindale C - HoME X || || || Narn i chin Hurin || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 3
|-
!
| || AinuLindale D - HoME X || || || || Lay of Leithian Revised || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || Annals of Aman || Grey Annals ||
|-
!
| || || Later Quenta1 || || Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || Lay of Leithian || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || Sketch of the Mythology || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || The lost road
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1930
| || || || Quenta Noldorinwa || || || || || Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 || Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 ||
|-
! 1931
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
! 1937
| || || Ambarkanta || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T12:06:16Z

Pyj99: /* Early Years - the Mythology period */

== A reference tool ==
The goal of this page is to present the chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology.

It is a useful tool when debating about Canon - whether your preference is Height Intent or Final Intent or any others.
The source of information is mainly the textual indications given by Christopher Tolkien in the History of Middle-Earth Series.

Tolkien writings timeline being very long this chronology is broken in phases that also colour the writings.

== Early Years - the Mythology period ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
|-
! 1917
| || || || || || Turumbar's Tale ==>1920 || Tale of Luthien Tinuviel and Beren || ‘The Fall of Gondolin’ || || ||
|-
! 1918
| || || The Music of the Ainur -HoME I || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1919
| || || || ‘The Chaining of Melko’ || ‘The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr’ and ‘The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor’ || Lay of Children of Hurin || || || || ||
|-
! 1920
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1921
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1922
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1923
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || Lay of Leithian || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || Sketch of the Mythology || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || The lost road
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== The publication years ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Hobbit !! Lord of the Rings !! Ainulindale !! Valaquenta !! Quenta Silmarillion !! Hurin & Turin !! Beren & Luthien !! Tuor & Gondolin !! Annals of Valinor !! Annals of Beleriand !! Numenor
! 1930
| || || || Quenta Noldorinwa || || || || || Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 || Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 ||
|-
! 1931
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
! 1937
| || || Ambarkanta || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|-
! 1938
| || 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1939
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1940
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1941
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1942
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1943
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1944
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1945
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1946
| || || || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 1
|-
! 1947
| || || AinuLindale C* - HoME X || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 2
|-
! 1948
| || || AinuLindale C - HoME X || || || Narn i chin Hurin || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 3
|-
! 1949
| || || AinuLindale D - HoME X || || || || Lay of Leithian Revised || || || ||
|-
! 1950
| || || || || || || || || Annals of Aman || Grey Annals ||
|-
! 1951
| || || || Later Quenta1 || || Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin || || || || ||
|-
! 1952
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== The publication years ==

{| class="wikitable"
! !! !! !! Quenta Noldorinwa !! !! !! !! !! Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 !! Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 !!
|-
! 1st Edition
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
!
| || Ambarkanta || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|-
!
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 1
|-
!
| || AinuLindale C* - HoME X || || || || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 2
|-
!
| || AinuLindale C - HoME X || || || Narn i chin Hurin || || || || || The Drowning of Anadune 3
|-
!
| || AinuLindale D - HoME X || || || || Lay of Leithian Revised || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || Annals of Aman || Grey Annals ||
|-
!
| || || Later Quenta1 || || Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!
| || || || || || ||
|-
! 1924
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1925
| || || || || ‘The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor’ || || Lay of Leithian || || || ||
|-
! 1926
| || || Sketch of the Mythology || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1927
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1928
| || || || || || || || || || || The lost road
|-
! 1929
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1930
| || || || Quenta Noldorinwa || || || || || Earlier Annals of Valinor - AV1 || Earlier Annals of Beleriand - AB1 ||
|-
! 1931
| 1st Edition || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1932
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1933
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1934
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1935
| || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! 1936
| || || AinuLindale B || || Kor Tirion among the trees || || || || Later Annals of Valinor - AV2 || Later Annals of Beleriand - AB2 || Fall of Numenor 1
|-
! 1937
| || || Ambarkanta || Quenta Silmarillion || || || || || || || Fall of Numenor 2
|}

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T12:01:47Z

Pyj99:

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T11:59:15Z

Pyj99: /* Early Years - the Mythology period */

Chronology of Tolkien's writings

2022-11-04T11:51:59Z

Pyj99: A chronology of Tolkien's writings ordered by thematics so that readers can understand the relation between the texts, their "freshness", their shared chronology