Books on armor: Note: there are many good books on this topic, and I am only giving you a sampling of the books I have personally read.  Most can be found on Amazon.com which will also give you the names of many others.

Arms & Armor (Eyewitness Books)
by Michele Byam, Dk
The Eyewitness books are good, if simple books, and this is no exception.

TECHNIQUES OF MEDIEVAL ARMOUR REPRODUCTION: THE 14TH CENTURY
by Brian R. Price
An excellent book for someone who would like to build their own armor.  It gives basic techniques that one can build off of.

The Archaeology of Weapons by R. Ewart Oakeshott
A great little book, not armor specific, but related none-the-less.

Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance Filippo Negroli and His Contemporaries
by Stuart W. Pyhrr
A reference for some of the best armor ever made.

Arms & Armor : The Cleveland Museum of Art
by Stephen Fliegel
Pictures from one of the greatest collections in the USA.

A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times Together With Some Closely Related Subjects
by George Cameron Stone
THE reference book.   Everything and anything are in here.
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