What is the Satisfaction view of atonement?

Proposed by Anselm and adopted by many Roman Catholics is the view that Christ died to remedy the insult made by the kingdom of men against God their King. Anselm did not, however, see Christ’s death as substitutionary. Instead, Christ, by dying to satisfy the wrath against sins he had not committed, received a vast amount of merit for which he had no need. Within history, then, Christ is able to bestow merit as he wills upon those who please him. This is probably the majority Roman Catholic view today, but is probably a view unwittingly held by many Arminians.